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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.
Nursing home residents' rights are the legal and moral rights of the residents of a nursing home. [1] Legislation exists in various jurisdictions to protect such rights. An early example of a statute protecting such rights is Florida statute 400.022, enacted in 1980, and commonly known as the Residents' Rights Act.
Florida's Medicaid call center is experiencing long wait times and high rates of disconnection that could be preventing families from renewing or accessing healthcare coverage, according to a ...
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 ...
There were 2.7 million Medicaid patients in Florida in 2009. The governor has proposed adding $2.6 billion to care for the expected 300,000 additional patients in 2011. [272] The cost of caring for 2.3 million clients in 2010 was $18.8 billion. [273] This is nearly 30% of Florida's budget. [274] Medicaid paid for 60% of all births in Florida in ...
The Patient Freedom Act of 2017 was a United States healthcare plan proposed by senators Susan Collins (Maine) and Bill Cassidy (La.) on January 23, 2017, to replace the Affordable Care Act. It would have offered states the option to retain the Affordable Care Act, if they chose, or receive a block grant to be used on an alternative plan they ...
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; Other short titles: Kassebaum–Kennedy Act, Kennedy–Kassebaum Act: Long title: An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, to promote the use ...
Health Care Freedom Act of 2017 (HCFA) or "skinny repeal", which would have repealed the individual mandate but not the Medicaid expansion, and was defeated in a 49–51 vote. [ 103 ] Under the various Senate bills, the CBO estimated that relative to current law, millions more would be without health insurance and the budget deficit would be ...