{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-27d-29.35","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 52:27D-29.35","heading":"Findings, declarations","body":"5.   The Legislature finds and declares that:  New Jersey home health agencies are reporting increased denials of reimbursement for Medicare home-based skilled nursing care by fiscal intermediaries of the federal Health Care Financing Administration; these home health care cutbacks are particularly serious in the context of national efforts to reduce hospital utilization; patients are leaving the hospital earlier and sicker, and need appropriate follow-up care; and the principal source of post-acute home health care for the elderly and disabled should be the Medicare program.\nThe Legislature further finds and declares that:  recent reductions in Medicare home health benefits and other Medicare services may have been made through federal directives to fiscal intermediaries without public review and comment; in some cases benefits are denied in violation of federal law and regulations and, therefore, a program of legal assistance to aid New Jersey Medicare beneficiaries in appealing such denials should be established.\nL.1993,c.4,s.5.","path":["TITLE 52 STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"836126c9d4980bd7797007457c628691482f090f621a2b43e08619582e670625","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-27d-29.34","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-52-27d-29.36"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}