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House adds provider-rate increases, residency slots and rural health supports in Medicaid and workforce sections
Summary
Appropriations subcommittees approved changes to Medicaid reimbursement assumptions and added funding for several provider types, new residency slots and grants to expand rural and specialty services; the subcommittee directed a comprehensive review of Medicaid provider reimbursement rates.
House appropriations subcommittee materials and a committee presentation said the House is directing the Department of Community Health to conduct a comprehensive study of Medicaid provider reimbursement rates and included multiple provider-rate increases and workforce investments in the FY26 proposals.
The subcommittee’s health package cited approximately $32,000,000 in state funds for Medicaid provider-rate increases overall and identified example amounts in committee remarks: $8,000,000 for…
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