Doctors Seek Administrative Ways To Renew Medicaid Primary Care Bump

Doctor lobbyists are quietly exploring ways CMS could administratively increase Medicaid pay for primary care services because of concerns it is increasingly unlikely Congress will renew a newly expired ACA measure that temporarily paid Medicaid doctors at the higher Medicare primary care rates, sources tell Inside Health Policy . Possible administrative approaches include directing Medicaid managed care plans to increase pay in an upcoming managed care rule, clarifying Medicaid's rules on equal access, and dealing with the rates in individual...