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House committee advances bill to let Medicaid explore direct primary care memberships
Summary
A House panel voted to move HB 953 to the floor after hearing proponents who said direct primary care (DPC) could expand access and lower costs for Montanans on Medicaid; the bill authorizes DPHHS to adopt rules to test DPC arrangements but does not require immediate payments on behalf of enrollees.
Representative Ed Butchery introduced House Bill 953 on behalf of House District 21, saying the measure would let the Department of Public Health and Human Services explore how direct primary care (DPC) membership models might work for Medicaid enrollees. "Direct primary care is an innovative healthcare model where patients pay for healthcare services directly in the form of a transparent low cost membership plan," Butchery said during the committee hearing.
Mary Lemieux, administrator of the Health Resources Division at DPHHS, told the…
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