The $18 million dollar cut, detailed in last week’s Action Alert to Medicaid provider rate reimbursement has not been fully addressed, but thanks to hundreds of emails and phone calls from NCMS members, the House has included a provision that allows debate on this issue to continue.
As reported earlier in the Bulletin, the NCMS Board of Directors met recently and focused its attention on helping members prepare for impending changes to the health care system. The Board identified six key priorities and seeks input from NCMS members.
Many provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or Act) focus on changing the way health insurance companies collect and spend premium revenues. One of these provisions is known as the medical loss ratio (Sec. 1001 of the Act).
