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CMS Seeks Help With Reducing Administrative and Regulatory Burdens
/0 Comments/in Medicaid regulations, Medicare regulations /by Joseph SteinbockReducing administrative and regulatory burdens is the subject of a new request for information issued last week by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. In the RFI, CMS explains that it is especially interested in “…innovative ideas that broaden perspectives on potential solutions to relieve burden and ways to improve” reporting and documentation requirements […]
Administration Ramps Up Scrutiny of Immigrants’ Use of Public Benefits
/0 Comments/in Medicaid, Medicaid regulations, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockImmigrants’ sponsors could be more likely to be held financially responsible for the cost of public benefits those immigrants receive under a new memorandum issued by the White House. The requirement itself is not new; the purpose of the memorandum is to encourage federal agencies to enforce existing laws that state that, according to the […]
Medicaid Expansion Helps Pregnant Women and Their Babies
/0 Comments/in Affordable Care Act, Medicaid /by Joseph SteinbockAn intuitive assumption now has evidence to support it: Medicaid expansion has improved the health of pregnant women and their babies. According to a new study from the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center for Children and Families, …states that expand Medicaid improve the health of women of childbearing age: increasing access to preventive care, […]
Proposed Immigration Rule Discouraging Medicaid Enrollment
/0 Comments/in Medicaid, private safety-net hospitals, proposed public charge regulation, public charge regulation, public charge regulation and medicaid /by Joseph SteinbockA proposal by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is discouraging participation in Medicaid and other government safety-net programs. A proposed Homeland Security regulation would establish new criteria for determining whether individuals seeking admission into the U.S. might eventually become “public charges”: people who would depend on public resources to meet their needs rather than […]
Medicaid Waiver Process Often Lacks Transparency, GAO Finds
/0 Comments/in Medicaid, private safety-net hospitals /by Joseph SteinbockStates’ applications for federal Medicaid waivers often lack transparency, according to a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. According to the GAO, the chief problem with the transparency of state applications for Medicaid waivers arises when states either seek to amend waivers they have already obtained or amend waiver applications currently under review […]