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Final Rule Nixes Automatic Diversion Of Wages To Union Dues

Published on Fri May 10, 2019

Nearly 10 months after proposing it, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has finalized a move to remove “a state’s ability to divert portions of Medicaid provider payments to third parties outside of the scope of what the statute allows.” The effect is to disallow automatic payments to unions from home care workers’ wages. After taking into account more [...]
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