General Assistance Medical Care – Minnesota

GAMC health plan hits new snag, By Warren Wolfe, August 23, 2010, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune: “State officials said Monday they might retool the payment formula for hospitals participating in an experimental new health plan for some of the state’s poorest residents — a further sign that the revised General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC) program launched last spring is not working out the way authorities had hoped. The discussions began because Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis has had a smaller percentage of potential patients enroll than the other three participating hospitals and, as a result, is getting paid more than twice the amount per patient…”