Education Research

Proposed Ferpa RegulationsThe U. S. Department of Education (USDE) is proposing new regulations that will make comprehensive changes to the federal government’s primary school privacy law.

Congress Continues Efforts to Delay Implementation of CMS RulesWithin the next few months, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is expected to begin implementing several new rules that threaten the availability of Medicaid reimbursement for some services provided by school districts and other health care providers across the country.

CMS Proposes a Rule that Resricts the Administrative Appeals ProcessLegal Brief: January 29, 2008. On December 28, 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule that significantly modifies the current Medicaid administrative appeals process available to state Medicaid agencies and providers to resolve disputes with CMS.

CMS Proposes a Rule that Resricts the Administrative Appeals ProcessLegal Brief: January 18, 2008. On December 28, 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule that significantly modifies the current Medicaid administrative appeals process available to state Medicaid agencies and providers to resolve disputes with CMS.

CMS Eliminates Medicaid Reimbursement for School-Based Administrative and Transportation ServicesOn December 28, 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published in the Federal Register its final rule 2287-F to eliminate Medicaid reimbursement for school-based administrative and transportation services.