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DHS proposes shifting day‑treatment transportation pay to per‑person per‑mile, saying it will boost small providers' finances
Summary
DHS told the committee it will move adult and early‑intervention day‑treatment transportation payments from a 'loaded mile' method to per‑person per‑mile, a change DHS estimates will raise payments by about 75% and reduce losses for providers operating their own vans.
Melissa Weatherton, director for developmental disability services at the Department of Human Services, told the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee the department plans to change its transportation reimbursement methodology for adult and early‑intervention day treatment clinics from a 'loaded mile' approach…
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