Illinois Pays First $740 Million To Clear $4 Billion Medicaid Claims & Capitated Payments Backlog

On July 26, 2017, the Office of Illinois Comptroller released a total of $740 million in to clear a Medicaid claims backlog that totals about $4 billion. The $740 million payment reduces the backlog about 18% by the end of the 2017 fiscal year. In June 2017, a court had ordered the state to pay off at least $586 million in Medicaid claims submitted over the past two years while the state was without a state budget. To pass the budget, on July 6, 2017, the legislature overrode the governor’s veto.

The payments are made possible due to new . . .