States' Use of Cost-Based Reimbursement for Medicaid Services at Critical Access Hospitals

Date
04/2010
Description

Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) are reimbursed by Medicare at 101% of allowable cost for both inpatient and outpatient services. State Medicaid agencies however are not required to reimburse CAHs on a cost-basis and have flexibility in determining how CAHs are paid for providing services to Medicaid enrollees. This brief documents which states utilize a cost-based reimbursement methodology for Medicaid.

Center
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Authors
Andrea Radford, Mike Hamon, Caitlin Nelligan