More can, and should, be done to improve the transparency and integrity of how local governments help fund Medicaid, but it’s ...

Certain existing federal requirements regulate the size and scope of provider taxes. A provider tax must be “uniform and broad based.” Within the context of MCOs, this means that the tax must be ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) submitted a regulation to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that could upend Medicaid provider tax program financing. The regulation is ...

Nearly all states use taxes levied on providers like hospitals or nursing facilities to help fund their share of Medicaid, according to health policy research firm KFF. The taxes are used to inflate ...

Dozens of states across the country together gave more than $380 million in Medicaid funds to medical providers who were later caught defrauding the federally funded program, and in many cases, after ...