Healthcare IT News March 27, 2024
Andrea Fox

Washington, Maryland and New Mexico have leveraged funding opportunities and regulatory tools to ease the burden on providers still struggling to operate with claims payments disrupted.

While the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has begun an advanced payment program for Part A providers and Part B suppliers experiencing claims disruptions from the Change Healthcare cyberattack two weeks ago, states are also offering help to providers affected by the breach, by reducing claims system payment roadblocks and giving financial support.

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The state government in Washington is also offering similar advanced payment relief through its Medicare and Medicaid programming, though organizations like the American Hospital Association previously voiced concerns about CMS’s repayment timelines and interest rates.

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