Maryland Could Lose $75M In Medicaid Reimbursements If Federal Regulations Take Effect
According to Dennis Smith, director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations, the cuts are intended to prevent state and local governments from using Medicaid funds on programs that are not directly related to health care.
Maryland spends about $150 million annually on case management services for Medicaid; about half of that amount comes from the federal government. Folkemer said the cuts would affect care for as many as 200,000 residents (Witte, AP/Washington Times, 2/2). "Every single program we have in the state is out of compliance with these new regulations," Folkemer said, adding, "We think there really would be a reduction in the services provided and in our ability to manage them."
A group of U.S. senators is introducing legislation that would delay the regulation until April 2009, and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) in a letter to HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt requested that the regulation be rescinded (Baltimore Sun, 2/2).
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