Reducing improper payments made from the Medicare and Medicaid programs is a big step that the federal government can take to improve the country’s long-term fiscal health without legislative action,...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced the addition of 11 new services to the Medicare telehealth services list, which now totals 144.
CMS updates Medicaid eligibility standards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 02, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Thursday afternoon announced updated standards for Medicaid financial eligibility for married individuals seeking coverage of certain long-term services...
Improper Medicaid payments for fiscal year 2019 are estimated at $57.36 billion, a 14.9% rate, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Monday.
Policy briefs
Apr 01, 2018
Medicaid payments and options for healthcare services.
27 members of Congress urge CMS to withdraw proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 14, 2020
A bipartisan coalition of 27 members of the House of Representatives is asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to withdraw its proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation.
CMS gives states 3 more years to comply with HCBS final rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 09, 2017
States will have until 2022 to comply with a final rule regarding the provision of home- and community-based services to Medicaid beneficiaries, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Tuesday.
Provider groups like Verma’s new vision for Medicaid
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 08, 2017
Organizations representing senior living operators told McKnight’s Senior Living that they are encouraged by the Medicaid vision and policies outlined Tuesday by Seema Verma, administrator of the...
CMS releases toolkit to speed state efforts to move to home-based services
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 03, 2020
A toolkit from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, released Monday, is meant to help states accelerate the shift to more home- and community-based services for eligible Medicaid beneficiaries.
Medicare and Medicaid are failing dual eligibles: policy research group
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 28, 2021
Only 1 in 10 people who are dual eligible for Medicare and Medicaid are getting the benefits of both programs. That is the assessment of the Alliance for Health Policy, a nonprofit policy research gro