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Lawmakers weigh modest, across-the-board Medicaid provider increase to stem provider exits
Summary
A proposal to raise Medicaid reimbursement rates by about 2% across provider categories was presented as a structural way to shore up providers, leverage federal matching dollars and reduce service loss; sponsors said it is a limited, fiscally measured response to inflation and staffing pressures.
Sponsor Senator Stratton told the Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee that lawmakers face a large roster of funding requests and described a macro approach: a modest, broad-based increase to Medicaid provider rates intended to stop provider exits and ensure payments reach frontline providers. "What we are doing here is we are proposing many of the requests talk about increases for providers. This is a macro request to lift, bring the tide and rise the tide a little bit with all our providers," the sponsor said.
Senior staff presenter Lincoln Shirts…
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