A 10% cut to Medi-Cal reimbursement rates could be implemented this summer, according to a state official, the Sacramento Business Journal reports.
In October 2011, CMS approved the state's plan to reduce certain Medi-Cal payments by 10%. The cut would be retroactive to June 1, 2011.
According to the state Department of Health Care Services, the cut would apply to various health care providers and outpatient services.
In December 2012, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court ruling to stop the retroactive 10% cut. Health care providers asked the full 9th Circuit court to review the case.
In May, the full 9th Circuit Court upheld the cut
As a result of the ruling, the 10% reduction now must be implemented unless plaintiffs appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court and the high court blocks the cut while the case is heard and decided.
State lawmakers also could block the cut by approving legislation that draws enough support to sustain a possible veto by Brown.
Meanwhile, Brown included the payment reduction in his revised fiscal year 2013-2014 budget proposal
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