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Committee sends bill to floor to codify Medicaid as payer of last resort in narrow prior-authorization case
Summary
The Idaho Senate Health & Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 31 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after a Department of Health and Welfare official said the bill would ensure Medicaid is the payer of last resort in a limited prior-authorization circumstance.
The Idaho Senate Health & Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 31 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after a brief presentation and no committee questions.
Jared Larson, legislative and regulatory affairs chief at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, told the committee the bill “guarantees that Medicaid is…
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