Medicaid
States get federal backing to build more efficient, high quality Medicaid systems
Published in Hospital Law Weekly, February 22nd, 2007
States will use the funds to implement innovative systems to get more value out of the money they spend providing health care to their low-income elderly, children and disabled citizens.
Congress approved a total of $150 million for these Medicaid "transformation grants" in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) to be distributed over fiscal years 2007 and 2008. This award of the first $103 million will be followed later in the year with a second...
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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2007-02-22)
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