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Committee advances bill to tie Medicaid provider rate increases to general fund growth
Summary
A Senate bill that would set a mechanism for modest, regular increases to Medicaid provider rates when the state general fund grows advanced from the Utah Human Services Standing Committee after sponsors said the change would smooth rate requests and limit fiscal volatility.
Senator Owens, sponsor of SB 193, told the Human Services Standing Committee on Oct. 12 that the bill would tie Medicaid provider rate increases to state general fund growth and provide predictability for both providers and the state.
The measure would extend a growth-management approach already used for managed care organizations to additional Medicaid provider groups. “In any year in which the state sees general fund growth, we will provide a 2% rate increase,” a legislative fiscal staff member summarized for the committee, noting the model follows earlier 2013 legislation…
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