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House panel advances bill clarifying Medicaid as payer of last resort for dual-covered enrollees
Summary
The House Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 31 to the floor with a due pass recommendation after a sponsor said the bill would ensure primary insurers honor prior authorizations and prevent improper use of Medicaid funds for enrollees who also have other insurance.
At its meeting, the Idaho House Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 31 to the floor with a due pass recommendation after Representative Jordan Redmond described the measure as a clarification of who should pay when enrollees have both Medicaid and another insurer.
Representative Jordan Redmond, representing District 3 in Kootenai County, told the committee that ‘‘the goal of this bill is to release…
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