State

Senate readies for vote on FMAP amendment

June 14, 2010

Senators this week are expected to vote on an amendment that would extend the increase in the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) until the end of next June.
 

Funding available for nursing home employee background check systems

June 11, 2010

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Thursday began accepting grant applications from states to establish systems for background checks for potential long-term care employees.
 

States to further cut spending in fiscal year 2011, report finds

June 07, 2010

Fiscal year 2010 presented the most difficult challenge to states' financial management since the Great Depression, according to a new report from the National Governors Association. Fiscal 2011 will be equally challenging, the report said.
 

CMS provides first guidance letter about Medicaid changes

April 12, 2010

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday released its first guidance letter to states about changes in the Medicaid program as a result of the healthcare reform law.
 

State budgets unlikely to recover until 'late in the next decade,' governors say

November 16, 2009

The recession has seriously bruised states over the last year and they will continue to face fiscal difficulties, according to reports released last week by the National Governors Association and the National Association of State Budget Officers.
 
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