Earlier this fall, Michigan legislators considered a new proposal calling for a 3% tax on physicians’ gross revenues, a move which would allow Michigan to raise its low Medicaid re-imbursement rates by 4% across the board. The proposal, as it turns out, ignited a firestorm of opposition, with several hundred doctors and others in the medical community organizing in protest at the Capitol in Lansing. The bill was quickly killed in the Michigan Senate by a 32-4 vote following earlier passage in the House.
In the wake of that bill’s defeat came a sucker punch for those providers who accept Medicaid payments: an 8% reduction in the already-low rates. [click to continue…]
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