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Citrus County board approves hospital assessment to unlock Medicaid matching funds
Summary
Commissioners approved an annual local provider participation assessment to enable hospitals to capture federal matching dollars for Medicaid services; hospital officials said the assessment imposes no county taxpayer cost and will preserve local indigent-care funding.
The Citrus County Board of County Commissioners on June 23 approved an annual local hospital assessment intended to feed a Local Provider Participation Fund (LPPF) and capture federal matching dollars for Medicaid-directed payments. The board approved the item unanimously.
Suhail Charba, representing county hospitals, told commissioners that Florida does not provide general revenue for Medicaid the way some states do. Instead, hospitals front provider assessments to a county fund that is then used to draw federal…
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