Providers need more time before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would implement any adjustments to PDPM payment rates, operators and associations have told the agency in official comments.
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WASHINGTON The Senate voted 55-44 Tuesday to confirm Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Nominations for a position like CMS administrator are not usually controversial, but these are unusual times. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) explained on the Senate floor Monday that he would vote against Brooks-LaSure not because she wasn t qualified, but because the Biden administration has taken the unprecedented step of rescinding an agreement with my state and the previous administration to maintain the stability of our state s Medicaid program.
Cornyn acknowledged that Brooks-LaSure, who will be the first Black woman to head the agency, had nothing to do with the Texas waiver rescission, but before her nomination could advance, members of the Senate deserve a commitment from the administration that it won t try to force the hand of other states, including Texas, by putting the healthcare of millions of vuln
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8 hours ago On Friday, the State of Texas and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission filed suit against Elizabeth Richter as Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and CMS directly. The suit, filed in the Eastern District of Texas, concerns a rulemaking letter issued by Administrator Richter regarding the Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program (THTQIP Demonstration Project). The complaint alleges that the rulemaking letter does not meet the procedural standards issued both by CMS and under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Federal statutes and regulations impose a number of requirements on state Medicaid programs for providing medical assistance to poor and underserved communities. However, certain rules may be waived under what are known as demonstration projects, which propose administrative alternatives to certain procedural and financing requirements. The THTQIP demonstration projec