Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Arizona Cancels Planned 5 Percent Cut In Medicaid Payments
The Associated Press: Arizona's Medicaid Program Cancels 5 Percent Provider Cuts
Arizona's Medicaid program has canceled a planned 5 percent cut in payments to hospitals, doctors and other medical professionals after they objected and lower than expected insurance costs gave the program leeway to avoid the cuts. The decision came just three months after Gov. Doug Ducey signed a plan for the budget year that begins July 1 that projected $37 million in savings from the cuts in the first year. (Christie, 6/10)
The Arizona Republic: Arizona Hospitals, Doctors Avoid 5 Percent Medicaid Pay Cut
Arizona hospitals, doctors and other health providers will get a reprieve after the state's Medicaid program announced it will cancel a planned 5 percent payment cut because of lower-than-expected use among enrollees and a prescription-drug rebate. (Alltucker, 6/10)
North Carolina Health News: NC House Presents New Medicaid Reform Bill
Months into this year’s legislative session, one of the biggest elephants in the statehouse has been what a plan to reform the state’s Medicaid program would look like. On Wednesday, people got their first glimpse at the House’s ideas for moving Medicaid forward, but they didn’t have look that hard. The plan looks a lot like plans proposed by House Health and Human Services leaders during last year’s session. (Hoban, 6/11)
