Your exclusive source for all Medicare and Medicaid information with emphasis on the critical issue of payment, the CCH Medicare and Medicaid Guide offers comprehensive, full-text reporting of federal Medicare and Medicaid law and regulation provisions and summary reporting of state Medicaid programs. It provides complex reimbursement, prospective payment, eligibility and coverage rules for health care professionals and suppliers of health services, plus federal laws and regulations, manuals, and forms.
Learn More »By a veto-proof margin, the House voted April 23, 2008 in favor of delaying seven Medicaid regulations that would reduce federal payments to states for low-income health care services and save about $13 billion over five years. By a 349 to 62 vote, the chamber passed the bill without amendments. The Senate is expected to consider the bill next and a tougher debate is expected.
The Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 (HR 5613) would delay the regulations until April 1, 2009, at a cost of about $1.7 billion. It would be paid for with improved verification of the financial assets of Medicaid applicants and participants and by borrowing from a reserve fund set up to help restore physicians' reimbursement rates. CCH Washington Bureau, April 23, 2008.
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