Amendment #115 to H3400

Amendment relative to equitable and fair rates for Medicaid

Representatives Donato of Medford and Michlewitz of Boston move to amend the bill in section 2, in  item  4000-0300, in line 63, by inserting after "increases;"  the following: "and  that prior to implementing any increases to the standard payment amount per discharge, the payment amount per episode, and any other inpatient service payments paid to acute hospitals contracting with the commonwealth to provide services for individuals enrolled in the state Medicaid program, the executive office of health and human services shall adjust each Medicaid managed care organization’s base capitation rate in a manner sufficient to reflect the corresponding increase in hospital payments paid by the Medicaid managed care organization to its network Acute Hospitals as a result of the 2014 base hospital rate increases...."