tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 8

Medicaid: Leavitt Calls For $60 Billion In Medicaid Savings

But the Bush administration wants to rein in even more, insiders say The time for major changes in Medicaid is now, Mike Leavitt said Feb. 2 in his maiden speech as Health and Human Services Secretary.Leavitt said states should have more flexibility in deciding what services they provide to "optional" Medicaid beneficiaries, whom federal law allows but does not require states to cover. However, the former Utah governor also announced a desire to close accounting loopholes that he said would, if left alone, allow states to unfairly shift $40 billion in Medicaid costs to the federal government over...

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