Bulletin: October 14, 2009

More States Cutting Medicaid Physician Pay

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Management Associates, September (www.kff.org/medicaid/7985.cfm)

Nine states are increasing Medicaid pay for physicians next year, but 13 are making cuts. This shifts the balance from last fiscal year, when 19 states increased pay and eight cut it.

Cut pay in 2009: Arizona, Delaware, Nevada, Michigan

Cutting pay for 2010: Georgia, Louisiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, Vermont, Wyoming

Cut pay in 2009 and cutting again for 2010: California, Utah, Washington

Increased pay in 2009: Alaska, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, South Dakota

Increasing pay for 2010: Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma

Increased pay in 2009 and increasing it again for 2010: Maine, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New York

Cut pay in 2009 but increasing it for 2010: South Carolina

Increased pay in 2009 but cutting it for 2010: Colorado, Hawaii, Maryland, Ohio

Note: 2010 figures for Michigan were not available because the state had not adopted a budget at this article's deadline.