Medicaid has evolved to become an integral safety net program that provides access to health care for millions of Americans. Payment for this health care is either delegated to Medicaid or other third party insurance coverage. In 2012, 7.6 million people on Medicaid had other...
In January 2020, DHHS declared the Coronavirus a public health emergency. Since then, the Public Health Emergency (PHE) has been renewed nine times, but it is set to expire this August unless it is extended again. Its expiration will have a significant impact on Medicaid,...
Syrtis Solutions distributes a monthly Medicaid news summary to help you stay up-to-date. The monthly roundup focuses on developments, research, and legislation that relates to Medicaid program integrity, cost avoidance, coordination of benefits, improper payments, fraud, waste, and abuse. Below is a summary of last...
Syrtis Solutions distributes a monthly Medicaid news summary to help you stay up-to-date. The monthly roundup focuses on developments, research, and legislation that relates to Medicaid program integrity, cost avoidance, coordination of benefits, improper payments, fraud, waste, and abuse. Below is a summary of last...
The federal government doled out close to $100 billion in "improper" Medicaid payments in 2021-- accounting for about one-fifth of all Medicaid payments, according to estimates. The figure represents Washington's current accounting of payments that didn't meet the numerous criteria for the Medicaid program, which the...
Syrtis Solutions distributes a monthly Medicaid news summary to help you stay up-to-date. The monthly roundup focuses on developments, research, and legislation that relates to Medicaid program integrity, cost avoidance, coordination of benefits, improper payments, fraud, waste, and abuse. Below is a summary of last...
Syrtis Solutions distributes a monthly Medicaid news summary to help you stay up-to-date. The monthly roundup focuses on developments, research, and legislation that relates to Medicaid program integrity, cost avoidance, coordination of benefits, improper payments, fraud, waste, and abuse. Below is a summary of last...
Since its passage in 1965, the Medicaid program has expanded to become the single largest payer for health care in the United States, costing $671.2 billion in 2020. Due to surges in enrollment from the pandemic and the current administration's priorities, spending is only expected to...
Syrtis Solutions distributes a monthly Medicaid news summary to help you stay up-to-date. The monthly roundup focuses on developments, research, and legislation that relates to Medicaid program integrity, cost avoidance, coordination of benefits, improper payments, fraud, waste, and abuse. Below is a summary of last...
The Social Security Act, signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1934, specifies in statute § 1902( a)( 25) of the law "...