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The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) is an agreement that allows mutual recognition (reciprocity) of a nursing license between member U.S. states ("compact states"). Enacted into law by the participating states, the NLC allows a nurse who is a legal resident of and possesses a nursing license in a compact state (their "home state") to practice in any of the other compact states (the "remote ...
In the United States, Medicaid is a government program that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by state governments, which also have wide latitude in determining eligibility and benefits, but the federal government sets baseline standards for state Medicaid programs and provides a ...
A large portion of Medicare and Medicaid funding is used each year to cover nursing home care and services for the elderly and disabled. State governments oversee the licensing of nursing homes. In addition, states have a contract with CMS to monitor those nursing homes that want to be eligible to provide care to Medicare and Medicaid ...
Hoosiers who qualify for a Medicaid program that reimburses for care provided at home will now have to apply through two new programs. Those 60 and older will apply to the Pathways for Aging Waiver.
A state agency overseeing Medicaid has reimbursed parents, guardians and spouses for home care for years. Starting July 1, the state will no longer reimburse family members or guardians.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and health insurance portability standards.
Previously, parents could receive an hourly wage from the state ― about $14 an hour ― to care for their child in lieu of a nurse or home health aide, of whom there is a dire shortage in Indiana.
As of 2014, 26 states have contracts with MCOs to deliver long-term care for the elderly and individuals with disabilities. [2] There are two main forms of Medicaid managed care, "risk-based MCOs" and "primary care case management (PCCM)." [3] Managed care delivery systems grew rapidly in the Medicaid program during the 1990s.