Appropriations Committee Preliminary Report

February 1, 2011 In December 2010, Nebraska Governor Dave Heinemann had proposed a five percent Medicaid reimbursement rate cut; in its February 2011 preliminary report the legislative appropriations committee reduced the cut to four percent. On April 5, 2011, the Nebraska legislature’s appropriations committee voted to propose a three- percent cut in Medicaid reimbursements for fiscal years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013, but spare behavioral health and aging services provider organizations and those providing primary care services, child care, child welfare, juvenile services, or to services for individuals with developmental disabilities. Download the Report . . .