States using Medicaid stimulus funding to fill budget gaps, report finds
Apr 16, 2009
A draft report released from a House committee minority Wednesday finds that eight states likely are diverting Medicaid stimulus funding away from healthcare providers, such as nursing homes. Instead,...
Analysis: Whistleblowers help feds recover $9.3 billion from providers accused of defrauding government
Sep 03, 2008
The Department of Justice has recovered more than $9.3 billion from drug companies and healthcare providers that tried to rip off state or federal agencies.
Congress works to craft economic stimulus package by presidential inauguration
Jan 05, 2009
Members of Congress could vote on an economic stimulus package as early as this week. Lawmakers have been laboring to prepare a package by Jan. 20, when President-Elect Barack Obama takes office.
Berwick decries Medicare and Medicaid fraud and waste in parting interview
Dec 06, 2011
On the heels of his departure from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Donald Berwick, M.D., said he came to Washington with an agenda to eliminate waste from the system.
HHS awards funding for research into effective therapies and services for the disabled
May 10, 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services has allocated stimulus funding for research projects that will attempt to determine the effectiveness of disability services, including rehabilitation services.
Colliding factors threaten to ‘muddy’ state Medicaid reimbursement
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 04, 2023
Several converging factors could make the next few years especially complicated for state Medicaid systems, with the potential for new cost-setting strategies to affect providers from coast-to-coast.
Nursing home group heightens lobbying for Medicaid funding before November elections
By
McKnight's Staff
Sep 11, 2012
Preserving Medicaid funding remains the top priority for the largest nursing home association in the United States as Congress heads back into session this week.
McKnight’s Online Expo to cover audits, payments for SNFs
Feb 14, 2012
Medicare’s recovery audit contractors (RAC) program recovered $398 million in overpayments in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, according to a government report.
Lawmaker questions existence of Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 14, 2012
A House Republican has doubts about a program created by the Affordable Care Act to test new care delivery models for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and dual eligibles.
House, Senate set to vote this week on bill that would repeal RUG-IV delay, extend Medicaid funding increase
May 24, 2010
Congress is expected to vote this week on a bill that would restore the original implementation date for version four of the Resource Utilization Groups (RUGs) payment system.