Baucus says maintenance-of-effort requirements are ‘on the table’ in budget talks
Jun 27, 2011
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) said that he and fellow Democrats are flexible in their response to Republican attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s maintenance-of-effort...
HHS: Anti-fraud summit could help reduce wasteful Medicare, Medicaid spending
Nov 02, 2009
The Department of Health and Human Services is considering convening a Medicare and Medicaid anti-fraud summit meeting. It would be one way to reduce wasteful spending and combat fraud, a representative...
House bill would offer some Medicaid funding to nursing homes, reduce Medicare market basket
Nov 02, 2009
The House healthcare reform bill would offer a temporary Medicaid payment program that would provide $6 billion to certain nursing homes for four years. It also would trim the Medicare market basket.
Providers poke holes in calls to make ‘dangerous’ state Medicaid suspensions a national model
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 29, 2024
Consumer advocates cheered when the New Jersey State Comptroller recently suspended four nursing homes from Medicaid — calling the enforcement tactic a “model for nursing home enforcement nationwide.”...
GOP targets Medicaid, CLASS Act
Apr 01, 2011
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) says the Republican version of the fiscal 2012 budget—which will be released next month—will call for $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid funding over 10...
Watchdog urges Medicaid to bolster overpayment collection efforts
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 30, 2023
The Government Accountability Office is urging Medicaid overseers to do a better job of recouping overpayments, citing their allegedly lenient oversight of state auditing efforts.
Medicaid directors propose reforms for fraud-detection programs
By
McKnight's Staff
Jul 03, 2012
State Medicaid directors outlined several different strategies for streamlining collaboration between Medicare and Medicaid antifraud efforts in a June 29 letter to members of the Senate Finance Committee.
Washington gathering to focus on long-term care reform
Jul 10, 2008
The Brookings Institute will hold a briefing on the future of long-term care reform Friday morning, and the guest list includes some heavy hitters from inside the Beltway.
Opting out of Medicaid could hurt tens of thousands of seniors in Nevada
Feb 01, 2010
Some states have considered opting out of Medicaid in response to healthcare reform proposals to expand the Medicaid program. A new report from Nevada reveals that such a move would be disastrous for the...
Schwarzenegger continues to pressure Congress to fund Medicaid expansion
Oct 29, 2009
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has fired off another letter to Congress warning that current Medicaid expansion proposals would put undue stress on state budgets that are already stretched...