Arizona Hospitals Consider Tax to Close Medicaid Shortfall

The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association is advancing a proposal to institute a hospital provider tax that would help close a budget shortfall for the state's Medicaid program, according to a Bloomberg report.

The specifics of the proposal have not been released as it has not yet been presented to lawmakers.

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has said she doesn't believe a tax could raise enough money to close the shortfall and that a cut in Medicaid enrollment is being pursued.

Read the Bloomberg report on an Arizona provider tax.

Read more coverage on provider taxes:

- Legislation Would Allow Critical Access Hospitals to Include Full Cost of Provider Taxes for Medicare Reimbursements

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Georgia House Approves 1.45% Tax on Hospitals, Removes Surgery Centers From Provision

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