Medicaid Value-Based Payment Proposal Stops Short Of ‘Portability’ Solutions
Executive Summary
US Congress may need to weigh in on how installment payments would be handled if patients switch from Medicaid to commercial insurance or from one state Medicaid plan to another, congressional staffer suggests.
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