Healthcare DIVE February 20, 2025
States have increased provider payment rates to address workforce shortages, but they may have to cut back if spending cuts hit Medicaid, according to the health policy researcher.
Dive Brief:
- Cutting Medicaid could worsen already serious shortages of home care workers in the safety-net insurance program and decrease their payment rates, according to a research survey published Tuesday by KFF.
- All 48 states that responded to the survey conducted by the health policy research firm reported Medicaid home care workforce shortages in 2024, while 41 said home care providers had permanently closed their doors in their states within the last year.
- Increasing payment rates to home care providers is the most common method states are using to...
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