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We also have been ready for some time and are yet to see out first "Illegal Immigrant" Sounds like someone may be making some sweet interest somewhere. I found this funny then and I guess it still makes me chuckle. Jackie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 6:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MEDITECH-L] FW: Section 1011 Federal Reimbursement of Emerge All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com ====================================== We have been enrolled in this program since it's inception years ago. We are still waiting for the patient who will admit they are "undocumented, or illegal, mmigrants." Why should they? We have to provide the "Emergncy Care" with no questions asked.... another piece of Federal legislation. So if it looks too good to be true............ Does anyone have data on how much has been paid out? In what States? Who is holding the $250,000,000 to reimburse us? Rich %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:44 am From: Pam Morgan <pmmorgan Subject: [MEDITECH-L] FW: Section 1011 Federal Reimbursement of Emergency To: "Meditech (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Pam Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:37:44 -0400 This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --===============1426850046== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com ====================================== --===============1426850046== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C68BE3.0866F500" This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C68BE3.0866F500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by prosonic.com id k5A5XBef024660 > If you are not familiar with this regulations, please read all about it > below. You can go to Google and type in "Section 1011" and you will see > additional information. This regulation provides Federal money, that > individual States may apply for, which will reimburse the facilities fo= r > emergency medical care of undocumented, or illegal, immigrants. There i= s > $250,000,000 allocated for reimbursement.=20 >=20 > Currently, we are applying for enrollment on behalf of our facility. We > can submit our claims to Trailblazer quarterly for reimbursement.=20 >=20 > How are you and other Patient Access departments, in larger hospitals, > handling the questions asked at the point of Registration? We would not > want to be perceived as stereotyping any of our population simply becau= se > of skin color or accents.=20 >=20 > If we could identify the "Undocumented Aliens" and submit their claims = to > Trailblazer quarterly, we would be able to recoup some money that we ar= e > not writing off to Charity or bad debt. Thanks very much.=20 > =20 > Pam Morgan, Patient Access Manager > Lexington Medical Center > 803-791-2326 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > =20 > =20 > About Section 1011 >=20 > On December 8, 2003, the President signed into law the Medicare > Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (Pub. L. > 108-173) (MMA), Section 1011, Federal Reimbursement of Emergency Health > Services Furnished to Undocumented Aliens.=20 >=20 > Pursuant to Section 1011 of the act, Congress has mandated that the > Secretary of Health and Human Services directly pay hospitals, physicia= ns, > and ambulance providers (including Indian Health Service and Indian tri= be > and tribal organizations) for their otherwise un-reimbursed costs of > providing services required by section 1867 of the Social Security Act > (EMTALA) and related hospital inpatient, outpatient, and ambulance > services furnished to undocumented aliens, aliens paroled into the Unit= ed > States at a United States port of entry for the purpose of receiving su= ch > services, and Mexican citizens permitted temporary entry to the United > States with a laser visa. >=20 > Section 1011 provides $250 million per year for Fiscal Years (FY) > 2005-2008 for payments to eligible providers for emergency health servi= ces > provided to undocumented aliens and other specified aliens. Two-thirds = of > the funds will be divided among all 50 states and the District of > Columbia, based on their relative percentages of undocumented aliens. >=20 > One-third will be divided among the six states with the largest number = of > undocumented alien apprehensions. From the respective state allotments, > payments will be made directly to hospitals, certain physicians and > ambulance providers for some or all of the costs of providing emergency > health care required under Section 1867 and related hospital inpatient, > outpatient and ambulance services to eligible individuals. Eligible > providers may include an Indian Health Service (IHS) facility, whether > operated by the Indian Health Service or by an Indian tribe or tribal > organization. A Medicare Critical Access Hospital (CAH) is also a hospi= tal > under the statutory definition.=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > Section 1011 News You Can Use more...=20 > =20 > =20 >=20 >=20 > Final Section 1011 Implementation Notice =20 > The Internet link to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS= ) > final implementation guidance regarding Section 1011, Federal > Reimbursement of Emergency Health Services Furnished to Undocumented > Aliens, which is part of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), = is > included below.=20 >=20 > On this Web site, guidance is provided outlining CMS' implementation > approach, general framework and procedural rules for submitting an > enrollment application and payment requests. The site also contains > general statements of policy and provides CMS' interpretation of Sectio= n > 1011. >=20 > http://new.cms.hhs.gov/UndocAliens/=20 > =20 > =20 >=20 > Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) =20 > Section 1011 only pays for EMTALA related services. The link below is t= he > EMTALA regulation from the Social Security Act and may be referred to f= or > additional information.=20 >=20 > http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title18/1867.htm=20 > =20 > =20 >=20 > Fiscal Year 2006 Section 1011 State Allocations =20 > Please click the box below to review Fiscal Year 2006 Section 1011 stat= e > allocations.=20 >=20 > http://www.cms.hhs.gov/UndocAliens/04_state_alloc.asp#TopOfPage=20 > =20 > =20 > =20 > =20 > =20 > =20 > =20 > Home | About TrailBlazer | Privacy Policy =20 > =20 > =20 > If you require information about Section 1011 that is not contained o= n > this site, please visit the=20 > Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Section 1011 information > site. =20 > =20 > =A9 Copyright, 2006 - TrailBlazer Health Enterprises, LLC. All rights > reserved. =20 > =20 > =20 > Jean H. 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If yo= u have received this email in error, please immediately purge it and all attachments and notify the sender by reply email or contact the sender at the number listed above if one is provided.=20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C68BE3.0866F500 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>FW: Section 1011 Federal Reimbursement of Emergency Health = Services Provided to Undocumented Aliens</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">If you are not familiar with this = regulations, please read all about it below. You can go to Google and = type in<B> "Section 1011"</B> and you will see additional = information. This regulation provides Federal money, that individual = States may apply for, which will reimburse the facilities for emergency = medical care of undocumented, or illegal, immigrants. There is = $250,000,000 allocated for reimbursement. </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Currently, we are applying for = enrollment on behalf of our facility. We can submit our claims to = Trailblazer quarterly for reimbursement. </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">How are you and other Patient Access = departments, in larger hospitals, handling the questions asked at the = point of Registration? We would not want to be perceived as = stereotyping any of our population simply because of skin color or = accents. </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">If we could identify the = "Undocumented Aliens" and submit their claims to Trailblazer = quarterly, we would be able to recoup some money that we are not = writing off to Charity or bad debt. Thanks very much. </FONT></P> <P><B><I><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Georgia"></FONT></I></B><I></I> <FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" = SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Georgia"> </FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Georgia">Pam Morgan, = Patient Access Manager</FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Georgia">Lexington Medical = Center</FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Georgia">803-791-2326</FONT> <BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Georgia">[EMAIL PROTECTED] </FONT> </P> <BR> <BR> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"></FONT><B> <FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">About Section 1011</FONT></B> </P> <P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">On December 8, 2003, the President = signed into law the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and = Modernization Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-173) (MMA), Section 1011, = Federal Reimbursement of Emergency Health Services Furnished to = Undocumented Aliens. </FONT></B></P> <P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Pursuant to Section 1011 of the = act, Congress has mandated that the Secretary of Health and Human = Services directly pay hospitals, physicians, and ambulance providers = (including Indian Health Service and Indian tribe and tribal = organizations) for their otherwise un-reimbursed costs of providing = services required by section 1867 of the Social Security Act (EMTALA) = and related hospital inpatient, outpatient, and ambulance services = furnished to undocumented aliens, aliens paroled into the United States = at a United States port of entry for the purpose of receiving such = services, and Mexican citizens permitted temporary entry to the United = States with a laser visa.</FONT></B></P> <P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Section 1011 provides $250 million = per year for Fiscal Years (FY) 2005-2008 for payments to eligible = providers for emergency health services provided to undocumented aliens = and other specified aliens. Two-thirds of the funds will be divided = among all 50 states and the District of Columbia, based on their = relative percentages of undocumented aliens.</FONT></B></P> <P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">One-third will be divided among the = six states with the largest number of undocumented alien apprehensions. = >From the respective state allotments, payments will be made directly to = hospitals, certain physicians and ambulance providers for some or all = of the costs of providing emergency health care required under Section = 1867 and related hospital inpatient, outpatient and ambulance services = to eligible individuals. Eligible providers may include an Indian = Health Service (IHS) facility, whether operated by the Indian Health = Service or by an Indian tribe or tribal organization. A Medicare = Critical Access Hospital (CAH) is also a hospital under the statutory = definition. </FONT></B></P> <BR> <BR> <P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Section 1011 News You Can Use = more... </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT></B> </P> <BR> <P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Final Section 1011 Implementation = Notice </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">The Internet link to the Centers = for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) final implementation = guidance regarding Section 1011, Federal Reimbursement of Emergency = Health Services Furnished to Undocumented Aliens, which is part of the = Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), is included below. = </FONT></B></P> <P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">On this Web site, guidance is = provided outlining CMS' implementation approach, general framework and = procedural rules for submitting an enrollment application and payment = requests. The site also contains general statements of policy and = provides CMS' interpretation of Section 1011.</FONT></B></P> <P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"><A = HREF=3D"http://new.cms.hhs.gov/UndocAliens/"; = TARGET=3D"_blank">http://new.cms.hhs.gov/UndocAliens/</A> </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT></B> </P> <P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Emergency Medical Treatment and = Labor Act (EMTALA) </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Section 1011 only pays for EMTALA = related services. The link below is the EMTALA regulation from the = Social Security Act and may be referred to for additional information. = </FONT></B></P> <P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"><A = HREF=3D"http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title18/1867.htm"; = TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title18/1867.htm</A> = </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT></B> </P> <P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Fiscal Year 2006 Section 1011 State = Allocations </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Please click the box below to = review Fiscal Year 2006 Section 1011 state allocations. </FONT></B> </P> <P><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"><A = HREF=3D"http://www.cms.hhs.gov/UndocAliens/04_state_alloc.asp#TopOfPage"; = = TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.cms.hhs.gov/UndocAliens/04_state_alloc.asp# = TopOfPage</A> </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> Home | About TrailBlazer | = Privacy Policy </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> If you require information = about Section 1011 that is not contained on this site, please visit the = </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Centers for Medicare & = Medicaid Services (CMS) Section 1011 information site. = </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">=A9 Copyright, 2006 - TrailBlazer = Health Enterprises, LLC. 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