Becker's Healthcare January 27, 2025
As discussions continue around up to $3 trillion in proposed budget cuts to federal healthcare spending, industry leaders are raising awareness about the effect these reductions could have on the ACA, Medicare and Medicaid.
Proposed Medicaid changes could save $2.3 trillion, according to KFF. Eighty-six percent of savings would come from a per-capita cap, reduced ACA expansion match rates and lowering the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage floor below 50%, which would transition Medicaid to a population-based payment model.
“There’s just not a way to do that without affecting our reimbursement,” Greg Damron, CFO, Columbia, Mo.-based University of Missouri Health Care, said during a Becker’s podcast. “If you look at the laundry list of items that are sitting with the...