Another Medicaid reduction possible when stimulus funds are gone
Patient Access Weekly Advisor, October 21, 2009
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The decline in tax revenue and increase in Medicaid enrollment combined to put the squeeze on the Medicaid budget for many states.
As a result, 13 states will reduce Medicaid pay for physicians in fiscal year 2010. They include: Georgia, Louisiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, Vermont, Wyoming, California, Utah, Washington, Colorado, Hawaii, Maryland, and Ohio..
In fiscal year 2009, Medicaid enrollment grew by 5.4% and total program spending increased by 7.9%, the fastest pace in five years. Without the federal stimulus bill, the current economic climate would have forced states to cut Medicaid funding even more drastically. That additional federal funding for Medicaid runs out December 31, 2010. This has Medicaid directors worried about cuts that may be in store for fiscal year 2011.
Source: American Medical Association
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