A bill that would boost Medicaid subsidies for hospitals and ambulance services in Pennsylvania will head to Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro.
Gov. Josh Shapiro will sign budget-related legislation passed Wednesday to boost Medicaid subsidies for Pennsylvania's hospitals and ambulance services, provisions that have been stuck in a wider monthslong stalemate. The bill headed to Shapiro's desk after passing the House 199-4, a day after it passed the Senate unanimously Tuesday. The votes came amid ongoing partisan disputes since July over some remaining elements of the state's $45 billion budget plan.
Under the provision, the state must start reimbursing emergency medical service agencies for every mile traveled with a patient who is covered by Medicaid. Currently, the state reimburses for travel only beyond 20 miles with a Medicaid enrollee. The state also will boost Medicaid reimbursements for ambulance services to the Medicare rate, if that rate is higher than the Medicaid rate. In some cases, that could mean more than doubling the current $4 per mile reimbursement rate, lawmakers said.
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