Industry Note:
Will Your State Loosen Medicaid Eligibility Requirements?
Published on Fri Jul 19, 2013
OIG wants 11 states to bring their policies in line with the law. If your state requires Medicaid beneficiaries to be homebound to qualify for home care coverage, that may change. "In a 2000 policy letter, [the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services] notified State Medicaid agencies that restricting eligibility for mandatory home health services to homebound individuals violates [federal] [...]