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Hospitals and provider groups seek equitable payment and clearer MassHealth MCO rate documentation

Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use, and Recovery (MA Legislature) · November 3, 2025
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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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