The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) can approve state plan details that tie higher hospital reimbursement levels to hospitals' implementation of medical-debt relief initiatives.
August 01, 2024
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CMS approval is a prerequisite for state proposals that alter reimbursement in exchange for hospitals carrying out debt-relief actions.
State Medicaid programs can use hospital assessments to draw federal Medicaid matching funds in order to increase reimbursement levels for participating hospitals.
January 01, 2023
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Mechanism by which states raise federal Medicaid dollars through assessments on hospitals to fund higher reimbursements.