Federal Funding of Emergency Health Services Furnished to Undocumented Aliens

August 2004 DHHS/ CMS: Proposed Implementation Approach: Federal Funding of Emergency Health Services Furnished to Undocumented Aliens: Federal Fiscal Years 2005 Through 2008 The purpose of this paper is to seek public comments concerning the policies and process that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will use to make payments under section 1011of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, Public Law108-173, (December 8, 2003). This legislation is commonly referred to as the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA). This paper provides general information about section 1011, Federal Reimbursement of Emergency Health Services Furnished . . .