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Hocking County commissioners approve joining hospital consortium to increase Medicaid reimbursements; appoint county representative
Summary
Commissioners voted to join a multi-county hospital funding consortium intended to generate funds the counties can use to increase Medicaid reimbursements to local hospitals, and they appointed a commissioner to represent the county in the effort.
Hocking County commissioners voted June 5 to join a multi-county consortium that would levy a hospital-related assessment and use the proceeds to secure higher federal Medicaid matching dollars for participating hospitals. Commissioners also appointed a county representative to serve in the multi-county program.
Commissioners described the program as a mechanism used in other states to increase federal matching reimbursement for Medicaid services provided by local hospitals. County discussion at the meeting said the approach has been used in Texas and Florida, and more recently in Pennsylvania, and that participating counties place a…
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