Medicaid

On April 10, the CMS released a proposed rule that would apply certain requirements of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 to coverage offered by Medicaid managed care organizations, Medicaid alternative benefit plans and Childrens Health Insurance Program plans.
The AHA and Federation of American Hospitals on Dec. 23 urged the Supreme Court to affirm a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding the right of health care providers to take states to court when they fail to live up to their payment obligations under the Medicaid Act.
CMS published in the Dec. 27 Federal Register a proposed rule that would establish emergency preparedness conditions of participation (CoPs) and conditions for coverage (CfCs) that hospitals, critical access hospitals and 15 other provider and supplier types would have to meet in order to…