Fed to curb states' method of getting extra Medicaid money.The Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS (HHS HHS Department of Health and Human Services. ) has proposed rules that would close a loophole in the law that allows states to win extra federal Medicaid funding, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report in The Wall Street Journal. The financial stability of the program for the poor and disabled will be threatened, unless some action is taken. Under the loophole, the state overpays local hospitals and nursing homes, then requires the institutions to transfer the excess payments hack to the state, qualifying it for extra federal matching funds Noun 1. matching funds - funds that will be supplied in an amount matching the funds available from other sources cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource - assets in the form of money based on the inflated payments made to the medical facilities. The proposed changes by the Clinton administration would be phased in over five years to give states time to adjust. Some 28 states either have used the practice or reportedly intend to, and while some use the extra money for health costs, HHS has no authority to confirm that states are accountable to the taxpayer. |
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