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DIVA asks Legislature for $39.2M BAA to cover Medicaid costs, IT maintenance and provider payments
Summary
DIVA leadership told the House Appropriations Committee it needs roughly $39.2 million across funds — driven by higher Medicaid cost‑per‑case, the Medicaid data warehouse’s move to maintenance, and one‑time IT and provider payments — and supplied line‑item detail to be provided later.
DIVA Commissioner Deshaun Rose and agency staff briefed the House Appropriations Committee on a budget adjustment bill (BAA) that would add about $39.2 million across funds to align the agency’s budget with recent program experience and new operational costs.
The request covers a $33 million programmatic consensus update linked to higher cost‑per‑case Medicaid claims, administrative adjustments including ongoing maintenance for the Medicaid data warehouse and analytics solution (MDWAS/MDWise), and several onetime items such as a required HealthConnect cloud migration.
Why it matters: agency staff said caseloads have declined but remaining enrollees have higher acuity and per‑case costs than projected, creating a significant midyear funding gap. The agency also said a development‑phase Medicaid data warehouse has gone live and will enter a…
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