“‘Real Heartache’: Medicaid Redetermination Post-PHE Causing Nursing Homes Serious Cash Flow Problems, Anxiety,” by Amy Stulick, Skilled Nursing News
“Flaws with the Medicaid redetermination process are leading to an increasing number of existing nursing home residents being found ineligible for Medicaid coverage — creating headaches for nursing homes. This view is held by officials at several state health care associations, who spoke to Skilled Nursing News.”
LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:
During the pandemic, federal policy kept everyone, including LTC recipients, on Medicaid whether they were eligible or not. Now as eligibility criteria are being applied again, the logistics of getting needed information to verify eligibility are creating havoc for LTC providers that need the Medicaid revenue that is not forthcoming. Yet another example of well-intentioned public policy having negative unintentional consequences.
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