Six-Month Moratorium Halts Changes to Medicaid Rehabilitation & School-Based Services

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News On December 29, 2007, President George W. Bush signed Senate Bill 2499: the Medicare, Medicaid, & SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, which imposes a six-month moratorium on changes to Medicaid program rehabilitation services and school-based administration and transportation services. The moratorium prohibits the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from imposing restrictions relating to coverage or payment for rehabilitation services or school-based administrative and transportation services that are beyond those in place on July 1, 2007. As a result, the final rule for eliminating . . .