tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 23

MEDICAID: Advisory Commission Causing Controversy

Skeptics scoffing at claims of bipartisanship.The new Medicaid advisory commission has a mammoth task: Figuring out how to apply the $10 billion in cuts while expanding coverage to more beneficiaries.Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt established the Medicaid advisory commission to stabilize and strengthen the program, he announced May 20. But the commission is already steeped in controversy before its first meeting.Leavitt will appoint up to 15 voting commission members, including three or more health care public policy organization representatives, former or current governors and former or current state Medicaid directors. The commission...

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