Tag: Medicaid tied to Medicare
Cures Act update: Could bill in Minnesota serve as template for relief?
April 3, 2017Liz Beaulieu, Editor
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota could be the first state to introduce legislation to stave off a “pay for” in the 21st Century Cures Act that limits the federal portion of Medicaid reimbursement for DME to competitive bidding-influenced Medicare reimbursement starting Jan. 1, 2018.Bills have been introduced in both the House of Representatives and the Senate that would direct the commissioner of the state's Department of Human Services to make supplemental payments for DME that is impacted...