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Hillsborough County approves $359.8 million hospital assessment to boost Medicaid payments
Summary
The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners approved a non ad valorem special assessment totaling $359,799,513 to fund a hospital directed payment program intended to raise Medicaid managed care payments to local hospitals; the measure passed 5-0 at a special meeting.
The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners voted 5-0 at a special meeting to approve a non ad valorem special assessment intended to fund a hospital directed payment program (DPP) that county staff said would increase Medicaid managed care payments to local hospitals.
Kevin Wagner of the county’s Health Care Services Department described the DPP as "a supplemental program meant to bridge the difference between the…
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