Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-586

EHS 586

MassHealth & Medicare Dual Eligible Demonstration Program

Mr. Kennedy moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4000-0300, Mr. Kennedy moved to amend the bill in Section 2, in item 4000-0300, by adding the following:

“provided further, in any new demonstration program for a population that is dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, the executive office or its contractors shall not reimburse hospitals, physicians, or home health care providers at a level below current Medicare payment rates.”