title: Medicaid: reviewing the program.
abstract: This is the final article in a series reviewing the Medicaid program. This article will review the various payment methods used by individual state Medicaid programs and will discuss the current status of litigation initiated on a state-by-state basis in response to inadequate Medicaid payment levels to hospitals and other healthcare providers. A Medicaid information resource listing is provided as a source of reference for patient account managers to obtain additional, specific information concerning administration of the Medicaid program by the various state Medicaid plans.
mesh_terms: D003669:Deductibles and Coinsurance; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008484:Medicaid / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States