New Medicaid Policy Requires Responsibility Contract: ; in Effort to Control Costs, State Can Cut Back Some Recipients' Benefits
Charleston Daily Mail › May 25, 2006
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WASHINGTON - West Virginia's Medicaid families could face a reduction in benefits if they refuse to sign contracts promising to show up for doctors' appointments and use the emergency room only for emergencies. Kentucky, meanwhile, is putting new limits on prescriptions and visits to therapists.
They're the first two states to take advantage of a new law that makes it easier to mix and match which residents get which benefits under Medicaid, the state-federal program that provides health insurance coverage to about 55 million low-income people.See the full content of this document
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New Medicaid Policy Requires Responsibility Contract: ; in Effort to Control Costs, State Can Cut Back Some Recipients' Benefits
In years past, when states provided a health benefit for their Medicaid beneficiaries, they had to do so for all of participants in their state. The concept, called comparability, guaranteed comprehe...
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