Medicaid Reimbursement Rates

Missouri primary care doctors face substantial Medicaid cut, By Jordan Shapiro, November 6, 2014, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Justin Puckett, an osteopathic physician from Kirksville, Mo., will have a major decision to make at the start of 2015 — whether his family medicine practice can continue to treat Medicaid patients. Looming over Puckett and other primary care doctors is a cut to their reimbursement rate that is set to take effect at the end of this year, barring action from a lameduck Congress reeling from Tuesday’s Republican electoral wave. ‘We are still crossing our fingers,’ he said. Under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, primary care doctors across the country were paid more for treating Medicaid patients during the last two years. But that boost is set to expire, leaving some providers and their patients in a tough spot…”