title: The Medicaid maze: states and hospitals take new paths in search of funding.
abstract: No longer are health care providers simply warning state governments of impending Medicaid troubles. They now are actively pitching in to try to help find solutions to what has become a nationwide crisis. Federal mandates expanding Medicaid eligibility, an increase in unemployment and medical indigency, and providers' attempts to obtain equitable reimbursement are compelling state governments to get creative. It's none too soon: In FY 1990, states spent $662 billion more on Medicaid than they had originally budgeted, while federal and state Medicaid spending is expected to increase by 25 percent in FY 1991.
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authors.lastname: Hudson
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000639:trends; D005653:Fund Raising / Q000639:trends*; D008484:Medicaid / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012954:Societies, Hospital; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000191:economics*; D013660:Taxes; D014481:United States