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Iowa Medicaid, which includes the IowaCare program, is administered by the Iowa Medicaid Enterprise (IME). The Iowa Medical Society represents physician interests in these programs year round but especially during the Iowa legislative sessions.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that Iowa is one of twenty-five states that will receive a State Innovation Model (SIM) grant to develop and test comprehensive new state-level models of health care delivery and payment. Iowa Medicaid Enterprise (IME) sought a $1.3 million SIM design...
IMS has submitted formal comments as part of the public input period for Iowa Medicaid's Financial Alignment Demonstration Proposal for Medicare-Medicaid Members. As we first reported in the April 20, 2012 IMS Advocate, this proposal is in response to efforts by CMS to address the spiraling cost of...
In follow-up to an article in the August 19, 2011 IMS Advocate, IMS has obtained clarification regarding the Iowa Medicaid Enterprise's (IME) change in payment policy for physician fees to align with Medicare policy for certain services performed in a facility setting versus in a non-facility setting. Beginning September...