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Hospitals and provider groups seek equitable payment and clearer MassHealth MCO rate documentation
Summary
The Mass. Association for Behavioral Health asked legislators to advance H.2232 to ensure hospitals receive full negotiated rates for state clients awaiting discharge and to back H.2233/S.1404 to require comparable access to behavioral‑health services across MassHealth managed‑care plans.
David Matioto, executive director of the Massachusetts Association for Behavioral Health, summarized two bills asking for favorable reports: H.2232 (an act to require equitable payment) and H.2233 / S.1404 (an act to require comparable access across MassHealth MCOs).
Matioto said H.2232 would require that hospitals receive their full negotiated rate when treating a state client (for example, a child placed…
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