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Pediatricians warn low Medicaid reimbursements force some practices to stop accepting older children
Summary
A Kansas pediatrician and the state chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics told the committee low Medicaid primary-care reimbursements have prompted at least one practice to stop accepting new Medicaid patients age 5 and older and asked for $1.6 million to raise primary-care pediatric Medicaid rates.
Dr. Tasha Vann, a pediatrician in the Kansas City metro area and member of the Kansas chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ public policy committee, told the Committee on Social Services Budget that low Medicaid reimbursement rates have forced her practice to stop taking new Medicaid patients age 5 and older.
"Late last year, I had to make the difficult…
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