Cleveland-based MetroHealth System recently submitted a proposal to CMS that would allow the health system to create a special Medicaid program for low-income and uninsured residents who aren't eligible for regular Medicaid, according to a Cleveland Plain Dealer report.
The proposal would allow MetroHealth to use $36 million in annual Cuyahoga County subsidies toward enrolling and providing care for the new population of Medicaid patients over two years, according to the report.
John Corlett, vice president of government relations and community affairs at MetroHealth, said in the report that if the proposal were approved, it would be "probably the single largest reduction of the uninsured in Cuyahoga County since…forever."
The proposal could allow the health system to cut down on the estimated 26,000 low-income adults who don't quality for Medicaid, increase federal matching dollars and reduce the number of high-cost emergency visits from people who would have otherwise deferred care.
The proposal would allow MetroHealth to use $36 million in annual Cuyahoga County subsidies toward enrolling and providing care for the new population of Medicaid patients over two years, according to the report.
John Corlett, vice president of government relations and community affairs at MetroHealth, said in the report that if the proposal were approved, it would be "probably the single largest reduction of the uninsured in Cuyahoga County since…forever."
The proposal could allow the health system to cut down on the estimated 26,000 low-income adults who don't quality for Medicaid, increase federal matching dollars and reduce the number of high-cost emergency visits from people who would have otherwise deferred care.
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