AN ACT INCREASING MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR NEPHROLOGY SERVICES.

Plain English Breakdown

The exact timing and implementation details of the rate increases are not specified in the provided official material.

Increasing Medicaid Payment Rates for Kidney Doctors

This act requires the Commissioner of Social Services to raise Medicaid payment rates for kidney doctor services to at least eighty percent of Medicare's rates.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Commissioner of Social Services to update the Medicaid state plan to increase reimbursement rates for nephrology (kidney doctor) services to not less than eighty percent of Medicare rates for similar services.
• Asks the Commissioner to report on how these rate increases affect provider participation in the Medicaid program, access to care, and the state budget.

Who It Names or Affects

• Medicaid recipients who need kidney doctor services
• Kidney doctors and clinics that treat Medicaid patients

Terms To Know

Nephrology

The branch of medicine dealing with the kidneys, including their diseases.

Reimbursement rates

How much money a health insurance program pays doctors for providing care to patients.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify when these changes will take effect.
• The impact on the state budget and access to care is unknown until the Commissioner's report is completed.

Official Summary Text

To increase Medicaid rates of reimbursement for nephrology services.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 29 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 209
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 29

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES

Introduced by:
SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR
NEPHROLOGY SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to require the 1
Commissioner of Social Services to (1) amend the Medicaid state plan to 2
increase rates of reimbursement for nephrology services to not less than 3
eighty per cent of Medicare rates for the same types of services , and (2) 4
file a report on the impact of the rate increases on provider participation 5
in the Medicaid program, access to care and the state budget. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To increase Medicaid rates of reimbursement for nephrology services.