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Federal Regulations

Overview: Proposed Federal Rules for Increased Medicaid Payment for Primary Care Providers

On Wednesday, May 9, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released proposed language for implementing the Medicaid primary care rate increase under [...]

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HHS Issues Proposed Guidance on Medicaid Pay Bump for Primary Care Services

The Department of Health and Human Services has released a proposed rule outlining the approach it intends to take in implementing a temporary Medicaid physician [...]

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Compliance Watch, Conference Sessions Help You Get Ahead of the Compliance Curve

The Affordable Care Act broadens the definition of fraud, increases financial penalties, and establishes new government audit programs in behavioral health. For the first time, [...]

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CMS Publishes FAQ on Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor Program

According to new guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractors will not replace existing Medicaid program integrity contractors under [...]

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Five Health Policy Battles and Trends to Watch in 2012

1. Medicare Physician Pay Fix: In the last hours of its 2011 session, Congress enacted a short-term deal that postponed for two months a scheduled [...]

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Essential Health Benefits: What Does the New HHS Guidance Mean for Behavioral Health?

On December 16, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services issued an information bulletin outlining its first proposed guidance on how states and health [...]

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Institute of Medicine Releases Essential Benefits Package Report

On Friday, October 7, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its highly anticipated report outlining the criteria and process by which the Department of Health [...]

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Institute of Medicine to Release Recommendations on Determining Essential Health Benefits

On Friday morning, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) will release the results of its study on the criteria and methods that should be used in [...]

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CMS Extends Comment Period for Exchange Regulations to Oct. 31, 2011

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced it is extending the public comment period on its proposed rulemaking for the establishment of state [...]

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NAMI to Host Oct. 6 Webinar on Essential Health Benefits

Essential Health Benefits and Mental Health in Insurance Exchanges Thursday, Oct. 6 from 1-2:00 p.m. EDT (12:00 pm central, 11:00 pm mountain, 10:00 pm pacific) [...]

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