Becker's Healthcare July 2, 2024
Gov. Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services are using the state’s Medicaid program to push hospitals to relieve $4 billion in medical debt for about 2 million low and middle-income people.
The state department of health wants CMS to approve certain conditions hospitals must meet to be eligible for expanded Medicaid payments. The conditions include relieving existing medical debt and establishing policies to prevent the accumulation of medical debt for low- and middle-income North Carolina residents.
If approved by CMS, hospitals that implement medical debt relief and mitigation policies will be eligible for improved payments under the Healthcare Access and Stabilization Program. Hospitals that choose not to implement the policies will be eligible...
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