RI gets OK to resume billing Medicaid for state hospital patients - The Providence Journal

PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island has been given the go-ahead to resume billing Medicaid for patients at the state hospital.

The decision by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was conveyed to the state's Health & Human Services Secretary Womazetta Jones on Thursday by letter.

The letter from acting director Rory Howe advised the state that CMS had approved "a cost-based reimbursement methodology for state-owned inpatient hospital services,'' dating back to April 1, 2020.

The Journal disclosed the hospital's Medicaid billing problem in March 2020.

"Out of an abundance of caution, the state ceased billing [the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services] for [Eleanor Slater Hospital] services in August, pending review,'' the OMB letter said.

Published On: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 22:43:49 GMT