tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 32

DISASTER RELIEF: CMS Loosens Rules So That Hurricane Victims Can Get The Help They Need

Many physicians and other medical professionals are donating their time and resources to help the survivors of Hurricane Katrina, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is doing its part to ease their efforts.CMS says it's relaxing many of the normal procedures for Medicare and other federal health programs to make it easier to provide health care services to vulnerable beneficiaries. Many beneficiaries that were affected by the hurricane have no proof of their Medicare beneficiary status, and their health records may have been destroyed. So Medicare carriers won't require as much documentation of Medicare eligibility or...

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