Pallone, Wyden Question Contractors’ Role In Medicaid Redeterminations

Editor's Note: This story has been updated with additional information on Maximus' contract with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. House Energy & Commerce Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) are concerned about contractors stepping in to work on Medicaid redeterminations when the COVID-19 public health emergency ends as they allege some have a track record of poor performance and could be incentivized to kick people off state Medicaid rolls –...
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Inside CMS - 05/19/2022
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Patient ID Standard Needed To Solve Telehealth Records Confusion, Advocates Say

A group of health data professionals urged the federal government to drop its ban on using federal dollars to create a national standard for patient identification, saying telemedicine adoption has created a greater need for standardized records. In a webinar hosted Wednesday (May 11) by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, speakers said the lack of a standard system for patient ID puts people at risk of receiving treatment based on incomplete or wrong information. Accidental creation of duplicate...
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Tennessee Criminalizes Telehealth Abortion As States Ramp Up Abortion Bans

Tennessee is the latest state to pass a law banning medication abortions prescribed via telehealth and it went so far as to criminalize telehealth abortions. The latest move comes as almost half of U.S. states have either ramped up abortion restrictions -- including against use of telehealth to get abortion pills -- or are taking steps to do so as the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn the landmark abortion case Roe v Wade as early as next month...
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