Medicaid program; revocation of sixty-day public notice of changes in method or level of reimbursement--Health Care Financing Administration. Proposed rule.
We are proposing to remove the current requirement that Medicaid State agencies give sixty days public notice of certain proposed changes in the Statewide method or level of reimbursement for Medicaid services. This requirement has been widely criticized by States that believe it is burdensome and not required by statute. We would expect that removal of the sixty-day public notice provision would reduce the regulatory burden on States and allow them greater flexibility in developing reimbursement methodologies and in adjusting reimbursement rates in response to changing fiscal situations. Because most States have their own procedures for notifying the public of reimbursement changes and receiving public input respecting agency policy changes, we do not think that rescission of this rule would deprive interested parties of advance information on Medicaid reimbursement changes.
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