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PROVIDENCE – The McKee administration has rescinded the $15-billion Medicaid contracts awarded last month in response to protests by two of the major players in the Rhode Island health insurance ...
In late February 2014, two months after the main ACA provisions went into effect, the Obama administration's Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a letter stating, “CMS intends to thoroughly explore options and to use any available authorities to eliminate recovery of Medicaid benefits consisting of items or services other ...
Home and Community-Based Services waivers (HCBS waivers) or Section 1915(c) waivers, 42 U.S.C. Ch. 7, § 1396n §§ 1915(c), are a type of Medicaid waiver. HCBS waivers expand the types of settings in which people can receive comprehensive long-term care under Medicaid.
Many of our dentists are nearing retirement age, and Rhode Island’s “dentist-to-population” ratio is already below the national average (55 dentists per 100,000 people in Rhode Island ...
A study by Urban Institute for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that 70% of adults who survive to age 65 develop a severe need for long-term services and support before ...
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.
Wilson, 75, is one of the roughly 350,000 Rhode Islanders on Medicaid with limited options for dental health care providers. Many offices don't accept the coverage because of its low reimbursement ...
The CLASS Act would have created a voluntary and public long-term care insurance option for employees, [1] [2] [3] but in October 2011 the Obama administration announced it was unworkable and would be dropped. [4] The CLASS Act was repealed January 1, 2013. [5]