Pennsylvania Considers Paying Medicaid Recipients

Pennsylvania's Medicaid program hopes to launch a plan early next year in which it would pay recipients as an incentive to visit lower cost and higher quality hospitals and physicians, according to a Kaiser Health News report.

According to the report, Secretary of Public Welfare Gary Alexander said if the state saves money on a medical procedure with a Medicaid beneficiary, it would give the beneficiary money as a reward, up to $200 in some cases.

Pennsylvania's Medicaid program costs $30 billion, and the incentive strategy has not been tried by other states. It has not been determined if the state would need approval from the federal government.

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