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Changes to Medicaid supplemental payments could follow new state reporting requirements
Changes to Medicaid supplemental payments could follow new state reporting requirements
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New rules that would impact Medicaid payments could be on the way, as state reporting changes could lead to bigger base payments and reduced supplemental payments, according to experts.
Improved state data could shed light on whether Medicaid base payments are high enough. Policymakers are looking to better understand whether supplemental payments benefit safety-net providers and, if that s true, make a case for boosting Medicaid s base payment rates. States wouldn t have to make large supplement payments to providers if base payments were high enough, experts said.