Maryland announces agreement on all-payer health model
on Tue, 2018-05-15 15:55 Allison
Maryland officials on Monday announced federal approval of a new contract for the state’s unique all-payer health care model.
Maryland is the only state that can set its own rates for hospital services, and all payers must charge the same rate for services at a given hospital. The policy has been in place since the 1970s, though Maryland modernized its one-of-a-kind Medicare waiver four years ago to move away from reimbursing hospitals on a fee-for-service basis to a fixed budget.
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[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maryland-announces-agreement-on-all-payer-health-model/2018/05/14/f8ec1cd6-57a4-11e8-9889-07bcc1327f4b_story.html?_hsenc=p2ANqtz--SfpJ2NQfDPpLiM2LtsH7MEA0F7cbVlyNTtD8P8KLvZAOQhEa6ugGB1KN5MXoetBKxblxvB9yHeHVaUgrnoVi1PN1KKw&_hsmi=62915931&noredirect=on&utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_content=62915931&utm_medium=email&utm_source=hs_email&utm_term=.3adaa33eb517