tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 8

CMS Administration: $1 Billion Not Enough To Implement New Law?

Responsible for revamping Medicare in two years, CMS is swamped.Saying that their agency is swamped, officials of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have told some health plans to delay filing their intentions for participation in the Medicare Advantage program, AAHP-HIAA President Karen Ignagni said Feb. 3.Ignagni said she didn't think a backlog this early signaled trouble for CMS in implementing the massive new Medicare law, but Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said Feb. 2 that the administration had sought an additional $2 billion in administrative funding for the agency - double the $1...

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