tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 25

Disaster Relief: HHS Relaxes Medicare Requirements For Flood Areas

Healthcare providers fighting to serve Medicare patients in flooded areas are receiving some much-needed regulatory relief from Washington.Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has designated Iowa and Indiana flood areas as public emergencies. "The flooding in Iowa and Indiana is devastating to each individual and to their communities," Leavitt says in a June 16 press release. "This designation will allow HHS to immediately assist our beneficiaries and providers in the areas where hospitals and other healthcare delivery systems have been disrupted." For evacuated beneficiaries, "the normal burden of documentation will be waived and...

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