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Legislators press department on whether rate increases reached direct‑care staff; agency monitoring and KW settlement work ongoing
Summary
Lawmakers asked whether recent Medicaid provider rate increases and hospital assessment revenue reached direct‑care workers in home and community‑based services; the department said audits and follow‑up surveys are under way and also described work related to the KW federal lawsuit and a new resource allocation tool.
Legislators pressed Department of Health and Welfare officials Thursday on whether rate increases intended for home‑ and community‑based services are reaching frontline direct‑care staff, and on progress toward implementing a new resource allocation tool required under a federal settlement in the long‑running KW lawsuit.
Senator Maryanne Wintrow and other appropriators noted large rate investments for community‑based providers in recent years and asked what portion of those dollars increased wages or staffing. Deputy Director Juliette Sharon said the…
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