Tag: Schwarzenegger
California
June 22, 2010Liz Beaulieu, Editor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in May issued a revised state budget for 2010-2011 that proposes capping spending for DME to about $1,800 per Medi-Cal recipient per year.
The governor also proposes capping spending for supplies like wound care (about $400 per recipient per year), and eliminating reimbursement for enteral nutrition (unless a recipient is tube fed).
"Part of it is, they haven't been successful in cutting reimbursement rates, so they're getting desperate," said Bob...
