U.S. District Judge Steven McAuliffe has ordered New Hampshire to issue a notice and hold hearings regarding the Medicaid reimbursement rates that were lowered to hospitals, according to a Foster's Daily Democrat report.
Last year, 10 New Hampshire hospitals filed a lawsuit against the state, alleging it had violated the federal Medicaid Act by providing inadequate reimbursement and resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in lost Medicaid funds.
The commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services must present several provisions in the notification, according to the report. They include the methodologies used to establish the inpatient and outpatient Medicaid reimbursement rates and the justification of the rates. The notice is due by March 17, and a 30-day comment period must also follow.
The 10 hospitals that are part of the lawsuit include Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Elliot Hospital in Manchester, Exeter (N.H.) Hospital, Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua and Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover.
Last year, 10 New Hampshire hospitals filed a lawsuit against the state, alleging it had violated the federal Medicaid Act by providing inadequate reimbursement and resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in lost Medicaid funds.
The commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services must present several provisions in the notification, according to the report. They include the methodologies used to establish the inpatient and outpatient Medicaid reimbursement rates and the justification of the rates. The notice is due by March 17, and a 30-day comment period must also follow.
The 10 hospitals that are part of the lawsuit include Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Elliot Hospital in Manchester, Exeter (N.H.) Hospital, Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua and Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover.
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