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Commissioners join multi-county hospital consortium to increase Medicaid reimbursement; commissioner named representative
Summary
Hocking County commissioners voted June 5 to adopt a resolution joining a multi-county consortium that would assess a tax on local hospitals to increase federal Medicaid match; they also appointed a commissioner (Drew) as the county's representative to the consortium.
Hocking County commissioners on June 5 voted to join a multi-county hospital financing consortium and appointed a commissioner to represent the county in the project, commissioners said during the meeting.
A commissioner described the program as a mechanism used in other states (Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania) in which participating counties authorize a local tax on hospitals; counties then use the collected funds to draw additional federal Medicaid matching dollars. The presentation cited a…
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