Lawmakers criticize medicaid revenue forecast
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Many of the General Assembly’s top budget writers on Tuesday said they’re not sure they can trust new numbers that suggest Medicaid cost-saving measures are working.
Measures implemented earlier this year in response to a billion-dollar funding shortfall led to roughly $384 million in reduced expenses to the state’s general revenue fund. That’s about $84 million more than expected, said State Medicaid Director Cora Steinmetz.
Those cost-saving measures notably included a waitlist for Medicaid services waivers and eliminating parents’ ability to get reimbursed for providing round-the-clock care to medically fragile children through the attendant care program…