Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-580

EHS 580

Chapter 224 Cost Growth Benchmark

Messrs. Rodrigues and Finegold moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4100-0060, by adding at the end thereof the following:

"provided further, that the health care cost growth benchmark for the average growth in total health care expenditures in the Commonwealth for the next calendar year, established under Chapter 224 of the Acts of 2012, shall not be misconstrued as a benchmark nor guideline for health plans to cite nor use as guidance nor new limitation for rate improvements, in their negotiations with hospitals, health systems or physician groups, that have historically been paid at or below the median."