HHS has announced that the administration will rescind all or part of three Medicaid regulations that were previously issued and delay the enforcement of a fourth regulation. Each of these rules, in whole or in part, had been subject to Congressional moratoria set to expire on July 1, 2009. By this action, CMS and HHS are:
- Rescinding a rule that would have limited the outpatient hospital and clinic service benefit for Medicaid beneficiaries to the scope of services recognized as an outpatient hospital service under Medicare.
- Rescinding provisions of an interim final rule which would have restricted beneficiary access to case management services.
- Rescinding a final rule that would have eliminated reimbursement for school-based administrative costs and costs of transportation to and from schools.
- Delaying until June 30, 2010, the enforcement of portions of a regulation that clarified limitations on healthcare-related tax programs so that CMS could determine whether states need additional clarification or guidance. CMS may also further review the potential impact of the regulation, and give additional consideration to alternative approaches.
Read the CMS press release.
