Amendment #98 to H4000

Preserving Rate Increases for Medicaid Enrollees

Mr. Nangle of Lowell moves that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4000-0500, by inserting at the end thereof the following:-

”provided further, that the office of Medicaid shall provide a two percent rate increase for the managed care organizations that are under contract with the commonwealth to deliver managed care services to Masshealth and care plus enrollees, said rate increase shall not be used to reduce in any way the calculation of additional financial obligations of the managed care organizations, including increases to the Medicaid fee schedules for hospital and physician services, the affordable care act’s insurer fee and the related tax liability, and any other costs that arise during the fiscal year that were not included in the development of the managed care capitation payments;"