Oklahoma Medicaid providers see rate hike after 9 years

 

September 14, 2018



OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma medical professionals will get more money for treating Medicaid patients for the first time in nearly a decade.

The 3 percent rate hike came after years of cuts from budget shortfalls, the Oklahoman reported . Medical professionals saw their Medicaid reimbursements rates fall by nearly 3.3 percent in 2010, by almost 7.8 percent in 2014 and by 3 percent in 2016.

The last time the rate increased was in 2009.

Nursing home providers will now see a rate increase of 3.2 percent in reimbursements from the state for treating patients on SoonerCare, Oklahoma's Medicai...



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