Governor Charles D. Baker's Budget Recommendation - House 1 Fiscal Year 2018

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1595-1068 - Medical Assistance Trust Fund




Account Description FY 2017
Spending
FY 2018
House 1
1595-1068 Medical Assistance Trust Fund
For an operating transfer to the MassHealth provider payment account in the Medical Assistance Trust Fund established in section 2QQQ of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided, that these funds shall be expended for services provided during state or federal fiscal year 2017 or 2018 or for public hospital transformation and incentive initiative payments for state fiscal year 2018 or for Medicaid managed care entities and accountable care organizations incentive payments for state fiscal year 2018; provided further, that all payments from the Medical Assistance Trust Fund shall be: (i) subject to the availability of federal financial participation; (ii) made only under federally-approved payment methods; (iii) consistent with federal funding requirements and all federal payment limits as determined by the secretary of health and human services; and (iv) subject to the terms and conditions of an agreement with the executive office of health and human services; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall notify, in writing, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on healthcare financing of increases in payments within 15 days; and provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall make payments of up to $365,000,000 from the Medical Assistance Trust Fund to the Cambridge public health commission only after the Cambridge public health commission transfers the non-federal share of such payments to the Medical Assistance Trust Fund using a federally-permissible source of funds
736,154,225 452,400,000

Decreased funding to support projected costs.





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