Medicaid administration

Medicare is a federal health care program, and its recipients include people over the age of 65, the disabled, and those with end-stage renal disease. Medicare is administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration. The Medicare program consists of two parts (parts A and B), but is funded by four different sources (1) general tax revenues, (2) beneficiaries premiums, (3) mandatory contributions from employers and employees, and (4) deducf-ibles and copayments paid by patients. ... 

Creation of U.S. Medicare and Medicaid Programs Medicare Stimulated the growth of hospital pharmacy positions Medicaid Created demand for millions of prescriptions Created administrative issues Created prepaid third-party prescription payment systems... 

Many companies, in their internal training, include information about the anti-kickback statute. The Office of the Inspector General in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) enforces the antikickback law. HHS administers the Medicaid and Medicare programs. Any serious violations are referred for potential criminal prosecution to the Department of Justice administrative sanctions also are possible. 

The National Association of Home Care estimates that more than 20,000 providers deliver home care services to approximately 8 million individuals each year. According to the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), the average number of home health visits a year per Medicaid beneficiary was 80, compared to 27 visits in 1989. Additionally, the number of home health agencies participating in Medicare has increased from almost 5000 in 1988 to over 10,000 in 1997. Care of patients in home settings is likely to expand as data further suggest reduced cost for such... 

The primary responsibilities of CMS, formerly known as Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), include administration of Medicare and Medicaid programs. Since 1965, Medicaid has provided health coverage for low-income persons, while Medicare has provided for the elderly and disabled. Medicaid currently provides coverage for more than 34 million people, including nearly 18 million children. Medicare currently provides coverage for more than 39 million elderly and disabled Amer-... 

CMS requires a budget of 325.4 billion to provide these and other services. Among CMS other responsibilities is administration of the Children s Health Insurance Program. The Children s Health Insurance Program provides reduced or no-cost health coverage for more than 2 million children under the age of 19 whose families earn too much to be eligible for Medicaid but do not earn enough to afford private insurance. 

The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) establishes the policies that individual State Medicaid programs must adhere to. In the realm of prescription drug reimbursement, rules were established in 1987 for multisource drugs. Upper payment limits based upon estimated... 

Healthcare providers (physicians, hospitals, clinics, etc.) operate and are sustained by the reimbursement or payment for care they provide to patients. In the United States, revenue for healthcare services comes from a variety of sources including the patient, insurance companies (i.e., Blue-Cross/BlueShield, Cigna, Aetna), and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). The CMS provides healthcare insurance for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. When interfacing with an insurance company or the CMS, there are three fundamental reimbursement concepts that must be considered to assure appropriate revenue for services provided. These include the concepts of coverage, coding, and payment. 

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Medicaid Non-Institutional Payment Policy Branch U.S. Health Care Financing Administration Baltimore, MD... 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration, Health Care Financing Program Statistics Medicare and Medicaid Data Book, 1990, HCFA Publication No. 03314 (Washington, DC U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991). 

Based on data from the TAP and VIP trials, the Food and Drug Administration approved vertepofin PDT to treat AMD. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services initially approved Medicare insurance reimbursement on July 1,2001 for verteporfin PDT to treat predominantly classic CNV associated with AMD. On April 1, 2004, Medicare insurance reimbursement for verteporfin PDT was approved for small (four DAs or less) minimally classic and pure occult CNV lesions associated with AMD that show recent progression. Recent progression was defined as a decrease in visual acuity of five or more letters along with lesion growth (an increase of at least one DA), or the appearance of blood associated with the lesion, within the preceding three months (31). 

Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) the federal agency responsible for administering Medicare and overseeing states administration of Medicaid. 

Medicaid is a cooperative state-federal program that provides medical care to those individuals who cannot obtain or afford the medical care through other insurance avenues. The states provide the care and the federal government oversees the administration of the care and contributes matching funds for approved state programs. 

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