tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 39

SPECIAL REPORT: DISASTER RELIEF--Lawmakers Pass Legislation To Up Katrina Assistance

Most measures enjoy support from both sides of aisles.Despite disaster-budget debates, Congress pressed ahead with the Emergency Health Care Relief Act of 2005, the primary legislative vehicle to address the health care needs of Hurricane Katrina victims. In what has proved to be a fairly bipartisan effort in both houses, congressmen agreed to these key provisions:• Immediate access to Medicaid for displaced individuals. Katrina survivors with incomes below federal poverty level would be eligible for Disaster Relief Medicaid, a temporary program available for five months, with a possible five-month extension by the President. To respond to the...

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