Tag: Medicaid
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Vladeck urges Obama administration to act on home health worker overtime rule
The former head of Medicare and Medicaid in the Clinton administration on Thursday called on the Obama administration to act soon on a proposed rule to extend overtime and minimum wage pay to in-home health care workers.
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State organizations, officials advance health law implementation positions
In Florida, the state hospital association is pressing for a cost-benefit analysis before lawmakers take a final vote on Medicaid expansion, and in Ohio, GOP lawmakers leave the door open for a move later this year.
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CMS confirms sequestration will reduce Medicare incentive payments
Medicare electronic health record incentive payments earned by eligible professionals and hospitals will be reduced due to sequestration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has confirmed read more
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Rule on home health care workers causing rift between Medicaid directors, labor advocates
Directors of state Medicaid programs and disability rights groups are warring with labor advocates over a long-awaited federal regulation that would extend federal minimum wage and overtime pay to in-home health care workers.
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Washington Debrief: What CIOs Need to Know About Proposed Rules to Stark, Anti-kickback Exceptions
The HHS Inspector General Office and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently unveiled proposals to amend the safe harbor regulation concerning electronic health records (EHRs) items and services.
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Nebraska, Florida contemplate elements of health law’s Medicaid expansion
Supporters of Nebraska’s effort to implement the health law’s Medicaid expansion have signaled their willingness to include certain cost safeguards to advance the plan. Meanwhile, a new report finds savings for Florida taxpayers could result from a health law provision regarding federal funding for the “medically needy” and the expansion.
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Medicaid expansion: Stiff resistance in South, Fla. Gov. Scott blasts watered-down plan
While most Southern states resist expanding Medicaid under the health law, Virginia appoints its final voting members to a commission that will oversee expansion there.
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Deadline to comment on CMS proposals to ‘accelerate’ HIE fast approaching
Comments from associations, practitioners and others have been adding up in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Request for Information issued last month to accelerate and improve health information exchange and interoperability among providers. read more
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CCS Medical named winner in national Competitive Bidding Program of CMS
CCS Medical, a leading provider of home delivery medical equipment and supplies, announced today that it has been named a winner in the national Competitive Bidding Program of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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The State of Mississippi Medicaid to Integrate Claims, Clinical Data
The State of Mississippi’s Medicaid division is looking to integrate claims and clinical data from various health information exchanges, and will be using a product from the Emeryville, Calif.-based performance management software vendor, MedeAnalytics to do so. The State of Mississippi’s Medicaid division is looking to integrate claims and clinical data from various health information…