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Lawmakers press DHW on whether Medicaid rate increases reached direct-care workers
Summary
Legislators asked Department of Health and Welfare officials on Feb. 26 whether recent provider rate increases intended to shore up the direct-care workforce are reaching front-line workers; department officials said audits and a follow-up cost survey are under way and that authority to require how dollars are spent may be limited.
Boise — At the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee hearing on Feb. 26, legislators pressed Department of Health and Welfare leaders for evidence that recent provider-rate increases are translating into higher pay for direct-care workers who provide home- and community-based services.
“I think there have been significant investments made by the legislature over the past several years in community-based services providers,” Juliette Sharon, deputy director for the Department of Health and Welfare, said. Sharon told the…
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