DISABILITY SCOOP: Delay Sought For Medicaid Caregiver Check-In Mandate
Lawmakers have delayed legislation a controversial Medicaid requirement that personal care providers electronically check in when caring for people with disabilities. A new bill calls for a delay until 2020 of "electronic visit verification" Which hopes to decrease fraudulent billing. Supporters of the EVV system say that the delay would give people time to develop a system based on input from caregivers an stakeholders. Many people feel that a lot more work needs to be done. There are many concerns about things such as privacy.
