Hospitals see danger to SDPs in fraud fight
Hospitals are worried that a coming Trump administration fraud-fighting effort will go after Medicaid state-directed payments (SDPs). The concern was raised by various hospital advocates responding to the administration’s solicitation for targets in its coming anti-fraud regulations, called the Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious Healthcare (CRUSH). That request for information (RFI) specifically asked about fraud-fighting…
Medicaid taxes target of coming regulations
The White House is reviewing a proposed rule to change Medicaid taxes, potentially cutting federal spending by $48 billion to $630 billion over 10 years, and could impact the funding for state-directed payments (SDPs) and designated state health programs (DSHPs).