| Subject: | HHS Rescinds the Medicaid Outpatient Rule and Delays the Provider Tax Rule |
| Category: | Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
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| Published: | Wed, 1 Jul 2009 - 06:00 am |
| The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced its intention to rescind the proposed Medicaid rule limiting outpatient hospital and clinic benefits. Additionally, HHS announced a delay in the enforcement of portions of a Medicaid rule that clarified limitations on health care related tax programs. Each of these rules, in whole or in part, had been subject to Congressional moratoria set to expire on July 1, 2009. According to HHS, this action was taken to... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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