tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 4

Medicaid: Governors Wary Of Too Much Change On Medicaid

But the federal government is searching for ways to cut budgets.President Bush's choice of former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt (R) to head the Department of Health and Human Services likely means that the administration will try once again to persuade the nation's governors to accept a temporary boost in federal Medicaid payments along with increased autonomy to design their programs in return for a significantly trimmed federal payment in future years.But a recent letter to Congress and a new lobbying campaign launched in December by the National Governors Association suggests that the administration still will find the...

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