Increase Medicaid Reimbursement for Hospice Care
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Bill Summary - 24LSO-0465 Bill No.: SF0069 Effective: 7/1/2024 LSO No.: 24LSO-0465 Enrolled Act No.: SEA No. 0060 Chapter No.: 103 Prime Sponsor: Landen Catch Title: Hospice care reimbursements. Has Report: No Subject: Increases the Medicaid reimbursement rate for hospice care. Summary/Major Elements: This bill increases the Medicaid reimbursement rate for hospice care from fifty percent (50%) to one hundred percent (100%) when an eligible individual is receiving hospice. This bill provides an appropriation of four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000.00) from the general fund to the Department of Health to provide increases in the hospice care reimbursement rate. The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.
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The lawmaker supports the bill because it corrects an unfair reimbursement disparity where hospice care receives only half of what nursing homes receive, despite being less expensive and saving money. He also cites personal experience with his father's end-of-life care as a motivating factor.
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