title: Medicaid nursing home payment and the role of provider taxes.
abstract: In the context of recent state budget shortfalls and the repeal of the Boren Amendment, state Medicaid expenditures for nursing home care were considered a potential target for payment cuts. The authors examine this issue using data from a survey of state nursing home payment policies. Results indicate that aggregate inflation-adjusted Medicaid payment rates steadily increased through 2004, and this growth is partly attributable to the adoption of nursing home provider taxes in many states. A recent proposal to cap provider taxes, if enacted, may lead to a decrease in Medicaid payment rates for nursing home care.
authors: Harvard Medical School.
authors: David C
authors: DC
authors: Grabowski
authors: Zhanlian Feng
authors: Vincent
authors: V
authors: Mor
mesh_terms: D019538:Health Care Surveys; D008484:Medicaid; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D013660:Taxes; D014481:United States