tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 8

Medicaid: HHAs PREPARE TO DEFEND MEDICAID WAIVER PROGRAMS

For many disabled people depending on home care services through Medicaid, this could be the final battle for their independence and freedom. Facing their biggest budget crises in decades, states are reaching for programs to cut. And the most obvious candidates often appear to be home care programs. The cutting’s already begun in some states. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) has proposed limiting Medicaid payments for chronic illness to balance the state’s $50 billion budget, reports Associated Press. Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has proposed slashing Medicaid spending by 6 percent without going into specifics, according to...

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