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Senate committee hears bill to provide bridge payments to nursing homes awaiting Medicaid approval
Summary
A Senate committee heard testimony on SB 5 43, which would create temporary state payments to nursing homes while Medicaid eligibility is pending, establish two administrative positions, and carry a $1.5 million appropriation; providers and hospitals said the measure could free hospital beds and ease facility cash flow.
Grant Bossie, deputy chief of staff for the New Hampshire Senate, introduced Senate Bill 5 43 as a refile of last year’s proposal to provide bridge financing for nursing homes when residents enter before Medicaid eligibility is finalized. He told the committee the bill would create two administrative positions and carry an appropriation of $1,500,000 intended as a revolving fund that the state would be repaid from retroactive Medicaid payments.
The bill’s proponents included Bridal Williams, president of the New Hampshire Health Care Association, who told senators the association represents most of the state’s…
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