Category: Medicaid
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Alabama Medicaid Seeks Public Comments
Alabama Medicaid is seeking public comment on an amendment to the Alabama Home and Community-Based Intellectual Disabilities Waiver. Medicaid Intellectual Disabilities Waiver Amendment | Comments Submitted by October 8, 2017 The Alabama Medicaid Agency is seeking public comment on its proposal to amend the Alabama Home and Community-Based Intellectual Disabilities Waiver (ID Waiver). The waiver…
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Alabama Medicaid to Pursue an Alternative to RCOs
MONTGOMERY – Alabama Medicaid Commissioner Stephanie Azar announced Thursday that in light of known federal administration changes and potential congressional adjustments, the Alabama Medicaid Agency will pursue an alternative to the Regional Care Organization initiative to transform the Medicaid delivery system. The state will work with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to create…
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AARP: States Lag In Keeping Medicaid Enrollees Out Of Nursing Homes
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News | June 14, 2017 States are making tepid progress helping millions of elderly and disabled people on Medicaid avoid costly nursing home care by arranging home or community services for them instead, according to an AARP report released Wednesday. “Although most states have experienced modest improvements over time, the…
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RCO Implementation On Schedule; New Regions Offered to Other Probationary RCOs
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Medicaid Agency has been notified that Envolve, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centene, is ending its agreement as a capital contributor with all five Alabama Healthcare Advantage (AHA) organizations that had planned to operate as Regional Care Organizations this fall. Alabama Medicaid Commissioner Stephanie Azar said the AHA organizations have notified the…
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Alabama Medicaid Pushes RCO Start Date to October 2017
The State of Alabama’s shift to managed care has been long in the works, and it looks as though the wait will be a little longer before the regional care organizations will be officially operational, according to the Alabama Medicaid Agency. While Gov. Robert Bentley has said repeatedly that he remains committed to moving forward…
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RCO Implementation Changes and Service Delivery Network Timelines
The Alabama Medicaid Agency is working with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to amend the approved 1115 waiver to allow for an Oct. 1, 2017, start date for the Regional Care Organization program. The deadline for probationary RCOs to demonstrate the existence of an adequate service delivery network by submitting to Medicaid signed contracts…
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Primary Care Cut Restored; Physicians Must Re-Attest to Qualify
In a press conference Thursday, Sept. 22, Gov. Robert Bentley and Alabama Medicaid Commissioner Stephanie Azar announced that the primary care cut, which became effective Aug. 1, will be restored on Oct. 1. However, Medicaid-enrolled primary care physicians who qualify for the Primary Care Enhanced Physicians Rates must self-attest in order to continue to receive…