Plan filed to slash Medicaid -- Payments to providers in Miss. would be cutEmily Wagster Pettus
including Louisiana, levy on hospitals and other health providers to draw down more federal Medicaid funding. That money helps finance what are known as supplemental payments to providers. Some conservatives belittle the extra funding as "money laundering."But...
Anew federal auditof Medicaid payments to autism therapy providers contains a stark finding: All of the client records inspected had payments that were either improper or suspected to be. The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General looked specifically at payments to Indiana...
The Obama administration, in a Monday court filing, said states can cut Medicaid payments to providers in order to hold down program costs, The New York Times reports. http://nyti.ms/Zwy4Cn Although Canada has universal...
Under current law, states are required to pay Medicaid providers the same amount as taxes raised.The federal government then matches those payments by 60% in an effort to help states recoup some Medicaid costs."Medicaid spending is supposed to be jointly financed by the federal government and ...
payments to providers are returned to the state, artificially inflating the federal matching rate). Proposal. The President’s budget would, through administrative action: (1) recover federal payments resulting from improper IGTs and (2) cap payments to ...
Medicaid Payments to Family Members to Provide Home Care In most states, it is possible for family members to be paid by Medicaid for providing personal care for their loved ones. In brief, this process works as follows: 1) An individual applies for Medicaid. ...
As the healthcare industry continues to expand, healthcare providers find themselves waiting longer and longer to receive payments from insurance companies, Medicaid and Medicare. Many providers report a turnaround time of 60 to 120 days or longer on their accounts receivables. This waiting period ...
Even if lawmakers are hesitant to make these changes, many of these measures can still be phased in saving taxpayers hundreds of billions without cutting anyones benefits. Not to mention the additional hundreds of billions that could be saved by cracking down on improper payments, which have ...
“These financing arrangements also affect net provider payment: Because hospitals finance all or part of the state share of DSH payments, the net payment providers receive is considerably less than what is reported.” UPL payments, another form of Medicaid spending, operate similarly t...