The farm bill was created as a temporary hand out to farmers created during the Depression, but now it's practically a permanent legislative fixture â a massive spending bill Congress passes every five years. Farm bill spending reached record levels in 2000, paying out $24.7 billion in subsidies.
Medicare contracted with the Omaha, Neb.-based StrategicHealthSolutions to serve as a Medicare supplemental medical review contractor (SMRC) in 2012 to âidentify and employ more efficient methods of medical review, such as data extrapolationâ and lower improper payments for fee-for-service claims, according to its website.
The New Referral CCS/GHPP Client Service Authorization Request (SAR) (form DHS 4488) is used when referring an applicant suspected of having a CCS-eligible medical condition to the CCS program. The applicantâs case may be opened by CCS for diagnostic, treatment or Medical Therapy Program (MTP) services.