CMS Approves Hospital Provider Fee

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has approved Colorado’s plan to charge a per-patient fee to hospitals in order to expand Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus eligibility and insure more state residents. Gov. Bill Ritter’s office said Thursday that it had received notice from CMS that it had given its OK to the hospital provider fee. Receiving approval means that the state can match each dollar collected by the fee with one from the federal government and double the amount it raises through the plan. For more information, click here.