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Hocking County commissioners join hospital tax consortium to seek increased Medicaid reimbursements; appoint county representative
Summary
Commissioners voted June 5 to join a multi-county consortium that levies a tax on participating hospitals to generate funds for state-level Medicaid matching, and appointed a county commissioner as the county—s representative. The board also approved a number of routine financial and appointment actions during the meeting.
The Hocking County Board of Commissioners voted on June 5 to join a multi-county consortium intended to increase federal Medicaid reimbursement to local hospitals by assessing a county-level tax on participating hospitals and using the collected funds to draw additional state and federal matching dollars.
A commissioner summarized how the program operates: participating hospitals would remit a county-assessed tax, the county would pass the funds upstream and the consortium administrator would apply for state and federal matching funds; proponents said the approach has been used in other states (Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania) and was endorsed by the hospital—s CEO and CFO. The commissioners said the program does not pass the tax on to patients.
The board voted to adopt a resolution to join the consortium and then approved a second motion appointing a county commissioner (referred to in the meeting as "Drew") to serve as the county—s representative to the multi-county group.
In addition to the hospital-consortium votes, the commissioners handled routine…
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