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Medicaid prisoners ‘devastating’ Carson-Tahoe Health’s bottom line
By recordcourier.com- Geoff Dornan
Published: 08/28/2014

When the state decided to shift prison inmates to Medicaid to save the state on their health-care costs, no one asked what the impact would be on Carson-Tahoe Regional Medical Center.

According to Carson Tahoe Health CEO Ed Epperson, the impact has been “devastating.”

Lawmakers and the governor in 2013 decided to drop the Hometown Health plan they had used for years to cover inmate hospitalizations. With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, state officials were told inmates could qualify for Medicaid coverage at a much lower rate.

But Medicaid pays the hospital far less than the Hometown Health plan.

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