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Committee advances bill to speed Medicaid settlements for critical‑access hospitals
Summary
The House Health and Human Services Committee voted to send House Bill 732 to the floor after sponsors and hospital leaders said the measure would allow Medicaid to initiate interim cost settlements for critical‑access hospitals instead of waiting years for Medicare audits.
Representative David Beatty, sponsor of House Bill 732, told the House Health and Human Services Committee the bill would create an interim settlement process for Medicaid cost reports submitted by Montana’s critical‑access hospitals. “Presently, some of our hospitals are waiting for years to receive Medicaid settlements, which places a financial strain on those facilities,” Beatty said, adding he drafted an amendment that includes an appropriation to address a backlog (estimated at $52,000) and ongoing program costs the department estimated at $15,000 a year.
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