According to the report, Montana Medicaid’s reimbursement rates are nearly 22 percent below benchmark standards for the cost of providing care, based on provider records and data from other states.
It will cost the state $82 million a year to bring the reimbursement rates to benchmark standards.
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, a Republican, could propose to increase Medicaid rates in his draft budget presented to the state legislature, which will meet next in January 2023.
Read more on the report’s findings here.
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