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Wichita County sets 2025 hospital participation rate at 5.76% to access federal matching funds
Summary
After a public hearing with United Regional, the Wichita County Commissioners Court adopted a resolution setting the fiscal year 2025 mandatory payment rate for the local Health Care Provider Participation Program at 5.76% of net patient revenue to enable access to federal matching dollars.
The Wichita County Commissioners Court voted 5-0 on Jan. 28 to set the county's fiscal year 2025 mandatory payment rate for the Wichita County Health Care Provider Participation Program at 5.76% of net patient revenue.
The rate, approved after a public hearing, is intended to allow local private hospitals to pool local funds into a county-administered Local Provider Participation Fund (LPPF) that is used to draw federal matching dollars to offset unreimbursed costs of caring for Medicaid and self-pay patients. Bob Hirt, chief financial officer of United Regional, said the county-administered program is a vehicle hospitals use statewide to access…
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