MACPAC wants Congress to force states to disclose Medicaid financing streams

Healthcare DIVE June 12, 2024
Rebecca Pifer

The influential advisory group has been lobbying the federal government to collect more detailed information on how states loop providers into funding Medicaid for almost a decade.

Dive Brief:

• States could be forced to better account how they’re funding their share of the Medicaid program, if an influential congressional advisory group gets its way.
• In a report to Congress released Tuesday, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, or MACPAC, recommended that lawmakers require states to submit an annual report on their Medicaid financing methods, including how states structure taxes on providers and how much funding comes from those taxes. States should also break down contributions on a provider-by-provider level, the commission said.
• MACPAC has been lobbying the...

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