State could lose $115M in Medicaid funds for teaching hospitals
December 17, 2017
Oklahoma’s two largest safety-net hospitals could lose $115 million a year because the state spent Medicaid dollars on training doctors for well over a decade apparently without approval, Oklahoma Watch has learned.
Early Friday evening, Gov. Mary Fallin issued an executive order for a special session starting Monday to address a shortfall for Medicaid and to avoid provider rate cuts. The schools would need $115 million for the next fiscal year, according to a letter from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that was obtained by Oklahoma Watch.
The dispute started in 2015 when the fe...
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