Nursing homes and other medical providers that owe money to a Georgia health agency now face a repayment timetable that could lead to their being cut off from the government Medicaid program. The new policy on collections, which goes into effect today, defines a series of steps on how delinquent providers can be suspended and then terminated from the Medicaid and PeachCare programs. Termination could cause financial devastation for a nursing home, where most patients can be Medicaid beneficiaries.
Georgia nursing homes in arrears may lose Medicaid
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