MedPage Today November 12, 2019
– Also, Administrator Verma defends programs with work requirements
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration released a proposed rule aimed at increasing transparency around state supplemental payments in the Medicaid program on Tuesday.
The three core aims of the rule are to improve reporting on supplemental payments, clarify Medicaid financing definitions, and curb “questionable financing mechanisms.”
Medicaid makes up roughly 30% of total state budgets.
To ensure that the program remains sustainable for future beneficiaries, the federal government must make certain that program dollars are actually spent on patient care, said Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma during a plenary speech at the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) Fall Conference.
Importantly, the agency currently doesn’t have...
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