Author

Cara C. Bachenheimer

Cara C. Bachenheimer, Esq., heads up the government affairs practice at Brown & Fortunato, a law firm with a national health care practice based in Texas. Her practice focuses on federal lobbying activities with Congress, the administration and federal regulatory agencies such as CMS, the Food and Drug Administration, the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Aviation Administration. Bachenheimer has been closely involved with the home medical equipment industry for 30 years, working in Washington, D.C., as well as on a grassroots basis across the country. She is a member of HomeCare’s Editorial Advisory Board. She can be reached at (571) 643-1676 or [email protected].

  • CMS/Medicare

    First Medicare, Now Medicaid

    Facing unprecedented fiscal challenges, state Medicaid officials have been actively working to reduce the program’s growth and spending. All 50 states have implemented Medicaid cost containment measures in fiscal year 2003, according to the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. If you have not focused on your state Medicaid program, and the potential changes to it that probably are already impacting your business, don’t delay. Some notable facts about Medicaid, according to the Kaiser Commission: The Medicaid program, a state-federal government partnership, was enacted into law in 1965, in the same package of legislation that created the Medicare program. There are essentially four types of Medicaid populations: the “categorically needy,” such as those who meet the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) requirements;...

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