Beginning next week, every skilled nursing facility in the country will undergo a five-claim audit as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to get improper payments under control. Meanwhile, nursing homes are expressing concern about the effects that Medicaid redeterminations and subsequent disenrollment's could have...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) clarified some of the guidance on the termination of the public health emergency this week. Also, the Arizona State University (ASU) Biodesign Institute has created a statewide survey to better understand the paths that new COVID variants take when moving through Arizona.
The...Arizona News
At AHCCCS' quarterly Arizona State Medicaid Advisory Committee (SMAC) meeting, members discussed continued Public Health Emergency (PHE) funding and other funding priorities.
AHCCCS now serves 2.2 million Arizonans, and over the last 17 months enrollment has grown by 373,000 - which is due to a condition of the enhanced federal match...Open
On Wednesday, June 16, the Arizona Department of Health Services logged 436 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 new deaths. The cases total is now at 888,005 and deaths are now at 17,791 total. The percent positives for COVID-19 tests is 9.9%. Statewide, there are 554 inpatient COVID-19 patients and 120 intensive care unit beds in use by...Arizona News
President Joe Biden could prevent 30% of Medicaid beneficiaries from losing insurance once the public health emergency ends by reworking regulations and rewriting a Trump administration guidance on how to restart the redetermination process, according to Inside Health Policy.
Biden is set to reopen the nation’s online health...National News
HHS Secretary Alex Azar let the public know of his decision by tweet Thursday night.
ModernHealthcare summed up the most notable policies tied to the public health emergency:
20% Medicare inpatient add-on payment for COVID-19 patients
Increased federal Medicaid matching funds for states - FMAP increase 6.2%
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