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House Health and Welfare panel introduces measure to align Medicaid value‑based contracts with state fiscal year
Summary
The committee introduced RS 31996 to move Medicaid value‑based payment contracts to Idaho’s July‑to‑June fiscal year, a change sponsors say would make contract performance review timelier.
Representative John Vanderbada, sponsor of RS 31996, told the House Health and Welfare Committee that the bill would put Medicaid value‑based payment contracts on the same fiscal year as the state to improve oversight. "The value based contracts will be on the same fiscal year that the state's fiscal year is," he said.
Supporters said the current calendar‑year contract cycle causes a reporting lag that hampers legislative review. Vanderbada said contracts that run Jan.–Dec. finish at the end of a calendar year but can take up to six months to…
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