Post by Logan on Jun 29, 2016 1:13:17 GMT -6
The cost reports filed with state government by Medicaid providers and form the basis for reimbursement rates often haven’t been timely or weren’t filed at all, a panel of South Dakota legislators learned Monday.
Jason Dilges, the governor’s commissioner of finance and management, said the three-year plan put together in 2015 by the Daugaard administration for raising reimbursements closer to costs might have been the first time with comprehensive data.
Dilges said state government previously hadn’t followed a consistent methodology when it comes to reimbursing health-care providers.
Dilges asked to work with the study panel on finding ways to make the cost reports easier to file and on making a commitment to finishing the three-year plan.
Read more: www.capjournal.com/news/legislators-want-hard-data-for-medicaid-reimbursement/article_1baa8cae-3dbb-11e6-8b50-d37d5974c485.html
Jason Dilges, the governor’s commissioner of finance and management, said the three-year plan put together in 2015 by the Daugaard administration for raising reimbursements closer to costs might have been the first time with comprehensive data.
Dilges said state government previously hadn’t followed a consistent methodology when it comes to reimbursing health-care providers.
Dilges asked to work with the study panel on finding ways to make the cost reports easier to file and on making a commitment to finishing the three-year plan.
Read more: www.capjournal.com/news/legislators-want-hard-data-for-medicaid-reimbursement/article_1baa8cae-3dbb-11e6-8b50-d37d5974c485.html