Some sections make changes to federal health programs that result in savings to the federal budget. Provisions addressing hospital care include modifications to documentation and coding for inpatient hospital services, changes in payment for certain radiology services furnished under the Medicare hospital o...
certain states had significantly expanded Medicaid eligibility for children prior to the enactment of CHIP in 1997. These states are allowed to use their CHIP allotment funds to finance the difference between the Medicaid and CHIP matching rates (i.e., federal medical assistance percentage...