States Looking to Medicaid For Spending Cuts?
Amid growing budget pressures, a number of states have reduced Medicaid payments to providers – and others are looking to Medicaid as a possible source of savings. So far, Idaho and North Carolina have reduced Medicaid payments to providers while Illinois is looking at Medicaid, among other sources, in the face of its governor’s desire to reduce spending by four percent in the coming year. In addition, Indiana is pursuing a complex process of increasing state Medicaid payments to some providers through state directed payments but the net effect, according to hospital groups, could be an actual reduction of nearly [...]