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President Bush on Monday signed into law a supplemental war appropriations bill (HR 2642) with a provision that will delay for one year six new Medicaid Regulations proposed by his administration, CongressDaily reports (Sanchez, CongressDaily, 6/30). ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 106 days ago
Some Senate Republicans are pushing to remove provisions in the supplemental war spending measure that would prevent seven new Medicaid Regulations from taking effect until April 1, 2009, CQ Today reports. ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 110 days ago
The on Thursday plans to mark up a supplemental war appropriations bill that will include language to block for one year seven new Medicaid Regulations proposed by the Bush administration, as well as additional funds for FDA, CQ Today reports (Higa, ... Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 37 days ago
The Bush administration is up to its old tricks again, quietly putting ideology before science and women's health. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is poised to put in place new barriers to accessing common forms of contraception like birth control pills, emergency contraception and IUDs by labeling them "abortion." These proposed Regulations set to be released next week will allow healthcare providers to refuse to provide contraception to women who need it. We can't let them get away with this underhanded move to undermine women's health and that's why I am sounding the alarm. These rules pose a serious threat to providers and uninsured and low-income Americans seeking care. They could prevent providers of federally-funded family planning services, like Medicaid and Title X, from guaranteeing their patients access to the full range of comprehensive family planning services. They'll also build significant barriers to counseling, education, contraception and preventive health services for those who need it most: low-income and uninsured women and men. The Regulations could even invalidate state laws that currently ensure access to contraception for many Americans. In fact, they describe New York and California's laws requiring prescription drug insurance plans to provide coverage for contraceptives as part of "the problem." These rules would even interfere with New York State law that ensures survivors of sexual as ... Source: www.emediawire.com --- 19 days ago
Rapid changes to codes, procedures and technologies, along with varying governing rules and Regulations for Medicare and Medicaid, have created an increasingly complex environment for individuals working in the interventional radiology and cardiovascular subspecialty. To help successfully navigate through these coding challenges and decrease reimbursement and compliance errors, the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC, www.aapc.com) announces a new credential, the Certified Interventional Radiology Cardiovascular Coder™ (CIRCC). (PRWEB Aug 7, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1182884.htm ... Source: www.capwiz.com --- 148 days ago
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PUBLIC NOTICE Under the provisions of Paragraph 447.205, Volume 42, Code of Federal Regulations, public notice is hereby given to an amendment of the existing Medicaid State Plan regarding reimbursement to dental providers, our Transmittal # 2008-036. 1. The proposed State Plan amendment enables the Division of Medicaid to change the reimbursement rates for dental providers; to reflect necessary cost containment measures pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated Section 43-13-117; and, to reimburse in compliance with 42 U.S.C.A. 1396a(a)(30)A. 2. The estimated annual aggregate expenditures of the Division of Medicaid, Office of the Governor, are expected to reduce annual expenditures by $378,359 dollars as a result of this State Plan amendment. 3. The State Plan amendment will assist the agency in reducing its expenditures for dental providers. 4. A copy of the proposed plan amendment will be available in each county health department office and in the Department of Human Services office in Issaquena County for review. 5. Written comments may be sent to the Division of Medicaid, Office of the Governor, Walter Sillers Building, Suite1000, 550 High Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39 201-1399 . Comments will be available for public review at the above address. 6. An oral proceeding regarding this change will be held at the War Memorial Building, 120 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39201 on August 26, 2008. Agency staff will hear oral comments from n ... Source: www.montgomeryadvertiser.com --- 57 days ago
Monday's moratorium on federal Medicaid Regulations could save Alabama more than half a billion dollars. ... Source: www.mcknights.com --- 58 days ago
President Bush on Monday signed a war-spending bill that delays six of seven Medicaid Regulations until April of 2009. The move represents a so-called "win" for nursing-home providers. ... Source: www.mcknights.com --- 145 days ago
The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living called Thursday for the swift passage of a bill that would place a one-year moratorium on seven new Medicaid Regulations, some of which are scheduled to take effect over the next couple months. ... Source: www.mcknights.com --- 143 days ago
Senators have introduced a bill to delay the implementation of seven rules that would strip some Medicaid funding from nursing homes and other healthcare providers. ... Source: www.ombwatch.org --- 57 days ago
Yesterday, six controversial rules that would have reduced federal funding for Medicaid programs were put on hold until at least April 2009. Congress included moratoria on the rules as a provision in the war supplemental bill which President Bush signed into law. (H.R. 2642; see section 7001 for the moratoria.) The Bush administration had finalized, or was preparing to finalize, the Regulations in an effort to cut federal funding for a variety of Medicaid programs administered by the states. The Regulations would have cut funding for services that help those with mental illness and intellectual disabilities and for children in foster care, among other services. Bush had threatened to veto a stand-alone moratoria bill. Fortunately for states and Medicaid beneficiaries, Congress was able to attach the provision to the war supplemental. Regardless, the Regulations are so unpopular among congressmen both houses of Congress approved the provision with veto-proof margins. Passage of the bill means that, hopefully, the Bush administration will not be able to monkey around with Medicaid for the remainder of its tenure. ... Source: www.ombwatch.org --- 33 days ago
The Senate missed an opportunity this week to beat back a Bush administration policy that will keep low-income kids from receiving government insurance. In August 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a policy, to take effect this August, which will make it more difficult for uninsured kids to qualify for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). For example, New York state wants to set its eligibility limit at 250 percent of the poverty level. While that may sound like a lot, it's only about $44,000 for a family of three. Unfortunately, CMS thinks those folks are too wealthy to qualify. Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT) and John Rockefeller (D-WV) are trying to stop the policy by using a little-known law called the Congressional Review Act which allows Congress to disapprove of agency Regulations. But the Senate has run into a bit of a sticky wicket. CMS did not release the policy as a formal rule; rather, they issued it as a guidance document — a less formal class of government policy that is not subject to Congressional Review Act challenges. On April 17, 2008, the Government Accountability Office said that the CMS guidance document should be considered a rule for the purposes of the Congressional Review Act. So that means Congress can challenge the rule right? The problem, it turns out, is timing. Congress only has 60 "session" days to introduce a resolution of disapproval. The 60-day clock starts ... Source: allnurses.com --- 51 days ago
Congress is turning up the heat on nursing homes, or so it seems. The House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations held a hearing that focused on problems with regulation and full disclosure of ownership. Surprisingly, this subcommittee had not held an oversight hearing about nursing home care since 1977. This indicates a rather lackadaisical attitude on the part of Congress in regards to our senior population. The last significant change in nursing home Regulations was the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987. Now it seems Congress maybe serious enough in examining whether standards continue to provide an appropriate level of care and protection for residents of nursing homes. The subcommittee released a report commissioned by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) that suggested that the regulatory enforcement system for nursing homes has a lot of problems. All 46 Manor Care nursing homes in Pennsylvania staff below a standard recommended in a CMS study as putting residents at risk (Schnelle, et all. Appropriatness of Minimum Nurse Staffing Ratios in Nursing Homes: Phase II final report, December 2001). The majority of registered nurses at hospitals and nursing homes believe that staffing levels on their units are inadequate and half say that the quality of care has declined just over the last year, according to a report from the American Nurses Assoication. More than 73% of the nurses who responded to the po ... Source: www.officeproductnews.net --- 56 days ago
from Buyers Lab Xerox Specialty Paper Used At The University Of Alabama To Prevent Prescription Pad Counterfeiting July 1, 2008 - In response to federal Regulations requiring medical professionals who write prescriptions for Medicaid patients to use pads with various security features to prevent reproduction or alteration, the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System recently announced [...] ... Source: www.prnewsnow.com --- 50 days ago
(Insurance News and Information) Connextions Inc wwwconnextionscom announced today that it has engaged Orlandobased Valencia Enterprises to help develop an intensive training program for its inhouse licensed insurance agents in response to new more stringent guidelines recently published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS the federal agency that oversees how health insurance plans market and sell Medicare Advantage MA coverage to seniorsThe new 2009 CMS Regulations which also apply to MA Prescription Drug CostBased Plan and Prescription Drug Plan sponsors affect all downstream entities such as Connextions that provide customerfacing services to seniors on behalf of health insurance plans Connextions is currently engaged by a number of wellknown plans helping them to acquire retain and service members of all agesIn addition to the new training mandate beginning January 1 2009 CMS will require health plans to prepare voluntary procedures for selfreporting potential fraud and misconduct and incorporate fraud waste and abuse prevention measures into their compliance planTo ensure adherence to the new Regulations Connextions has contracted with Valencia Enterprises to help develop an intensive training course that will be mandatory for all current and future inhouse insurance agents at Connextions who support the companys health plan clients The CMS training wwwconnextionscom is in addition to the rigorous state health ins ... Find more results for Medicaid Regulations on RSSMicro.com |
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Workers from Falmouth Hospital, Cape Cod Hospital, Cape Cod Human Services and C-Lab, were out in force June 26 to show their support for pending state legislation that calls for independent for-profit surgical centers to meet the same determination of need requirements that hospitals are subject to. The demonstration was held on Route 28A, at the entrance to Bayside Surgery Center. The center was a symbolic selection “There shouldn’t be a bargain outlet for surgery,” said Carol Noone, who works with emergency room and outpatient access at Falmouth Hospital. The contention of the demonstrators and the United Healthcare Workers East, Local 1199, the union that represents the workers, is that the unchecked growth of surgery centers has had a negative impact on Cape hospitals, as a result of not having to heed the same Regulations. Surgery centers are not required to take Medicare or Medicaid patients, as hospitals are. That combined with an ability to provide day surgery, which are the most profitable procedures, has placed financial pressure on hospitals. Cape Cod Healthcare, which owns both Cape hospitals has laid off workers and is contemplating additional layoffs. ...