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Committee approves bill to enshrine Medicaid as payer of last resort in limited circumstance
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 31 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. The bill, presented by the Department of Health and Welfare, clarifies that Medicaid remains the payer of last resort when a recipient also has private insurance and a prior-authorization requirement is implicated.
House Bill 31, a short bill to clarify Medicaid’s payment priority in a narrow situation, was advanced by the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on a voice vote.
Jared Larson, legislative and regulatory affairs chief at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, told the committee that “the most important part of this bill is that it guarantees that Medicaid is always the payer of last resort.” Larson said the bill addresses cases in which a…
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