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3 Jan 2022, 9:09 am by Allen R. Killworth
Under CMS’s survey authority (nursing homes, home health agencies, and hospice), enforcement can include civil monetary penalties, denial of payments, and—as a final measure—termination of participation from the Medicare and Medicaid programs. [read post]
16 Dec 2021, 12:02 pm by ACLU
s=20Shon Thomas and Gwendolyn Cheney of Georgia are still waiting for an end to their state’s ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care. [read post]
15 Dec 2021, 3:17 pm by Taylor Appling and Kara Schoonover
The CMS vaccine rule -- which applies to the staff of many Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers such as hospitals, long-term care facilities, home-health agencies, and hospices (“covered entities”), and which has dominated news headlines in recent weeks (see our prior posts on it here and here) – is back in action, at least in some states. [read post]
Summary of the Georgia Order On October 29, 2021, the states of Georgia, Alabama, Idaho, Kansas, South Carolina, Utah, and West Virginia; the governors of several of those states; and various state agencies sought declaratory and injunctive relief against the requirements of Executive Order 14042. [read post]
The States of Georgia, Alabama, Idaho, Kansas, South Carolina, Utah and West Virginia, various state agencies and certain other employers brought the action alleging that President Biden’s Executive Order exceeded his authority and requesting a preliminary injunction. [read post]
As we previously reported, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) interim final rule (“the Rule”) requiring full COVID-19 vaccination for staff and others at Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers (i.e., the “vaccine mandate”) has been challenged in the U.S. [read post]
As we previously reported, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) interim final rule (“the Rule”) requiring full COVID-19 vaccination for staff and others at Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers (i.e., the “vaccine mandate”) has been challenged in the U.S. [read post]
2 Dec 2021, 4:40 am by Eric B. Meyer
The CMS Rule requires the staff of twenty-one types of Medicare and Medicaid healthcare providers to receive one vaccine by December 6, 2021, and the second vaccine by January 4, 2022. [read post]
10 Sep 2021, 12:26 pm by Tammy Binford
It also directs the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to require COVID-19 vaccinations for workers in most healthcare settings that receive Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement. [read post]
30 Apr 2021, 12:51 pm by karen
Working closely with our law enforcement partners, our agency will continue to protect Medicare and Medicaid from such costly scams. [read post]
8 Feb 2021, 9:06 pm by Larissa Morgan
To qualify for Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement, a rural clinic must first obtain certification from the U.S. [read post]
11 Sep 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal $2,933 for ‘Girl’s Night’: Medicaid chief’s consulting expenses revealed Politico – Dan Diamond and Adam Cancryn | Published: 9/10/2020 A House investigation showed how Seema Verma, the Trump administration’s top Medicaid official, spent more than $3.5 million on a range of GOP-connected consultants, who polished her public profile, wrote her speeches and Twitter posts, brokered meetings with high-profile individuals,… [read post]
3 Jun 2020, 1:07 pm by Robert Liles
Alabama Although not as recent as the cases currently being pursued in Texas and New Jersey, it is worth noting that a Federal case out of the Northern District of Alabama held that a healthcare provider had improperly used the after-hours billing code for weekend visits when the clinic’s normal business hours, as advertised on the clinic’s website and written to all insurance companies, were 7 days a week from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.[10] South Carolina Th [read post]
2 Apr 2020, 11:28 am by tvasil
Alabama: On March 30th, Insurance Commissioner Jim Ridling issued Bulletin 2020-05 to all admitted insurers authorized to write property and casualty insurance and life, health or disability insurance in Alabama; the Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association; licensed premium finance companies, recommending insures consider relaxing certain requirements to aid policyholders. [read post]
26 Mar 2020, 7:43 am by Mary Cutler
This applies to fully insured, individual, and Medicare Advantage plan members, and plans are working with state Medicaid and CHIP agencies to ensure people have access to needed testing and services. [read post]
25 Mar 2020, 3:41 pm by admin
  State Medicaid Agencies Must Request a Section 1135 Waiver: CMS has the authority to grant state and territorial Medicaid agencies a wider range of flexibilities under Section 1135 waivers. [read post]