Texas Proposes Double-Digit Medicaid Provider Reimbursement Cuts

The Texas Health & Human Services Commission (the Commission) has proposed double-digit cuts to Medicaid provider reimbursements. The proposed cuts, if approved, would be implemented on October 1.

Specialty service areas, such as radiation oncology and dentistry, would take the largest cuts. The state selected these services because the reimbursement rates were higher than in other states. Some fear that these cuts could lead to a large loss of provider organizations in the state, as well as harsh pay cuts for individual clinical professionals in the fields that are facing the cuts. It is also feared that the cuts . . .