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Committee extends temporary enhanced Medicaid reimbursements for out-of-state pediatric hospitals two years
Summary
Lawmakers amended a bill that permits enhanced Medicaid reimbursement to out-of-state pediatric hospitals and moved the sunset date two years, advancing the measure on an 8-2 committee vote.
The Appropriations Committee voted 8-2 to advance a bill that preserves enhanced Medicaid reimbursement rules allowing out-of-state pediatric hospitals to receive additional state payments that boost federal matching dollars. Representative Hal Slager, the bill’s sponsor in committee, said the change is intended to keep reimbursement rules in place while the legislature monitors Medicaid and related finances.
Representative Slager told the panel the measure grew out of a 2019 policy that expanded reimbursement for providers serving Indiana children in neighboring states. He said the bill’s purpose is to remove a sunset or to extend the policy; an amendment the committee…
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