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Senate file 2413 would authorize hospital assessment to draw down federal Medicaid dollars, sponsors say
Summary
Senate file 2413 would create a hospital assessment program that returns federal Medicaid matching funds to Minnesota hospitals through directed payments. Sponsors said the change could stabilize hospital finances and preserve services; the committee passed the bill and referred it to Taxes.
Senate file 2413, sponsored by Senator Mann, would authorize a hospital assessment program that uses state assessments on hospitals to draw down additional federal Medicaid matching funds and return them to hospitals through directed Medicaid payments.
Why proponents support it: Hospital leaders told the committee that operating margins remain strained since the pandemic and that service lines — including labor and delivery, pediatrics and…
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