Medicaid resolution reached by House, Senate

(The Center Square) – Medicaid, a top five element of the 295 days late state budget, is resolved for North Carolina’s fiscal year ending June 30, the Republican leader of the House of Representative said early Monday evening.

This year’s rebase will get $319 million along with an aggressive approach to “rooting out Medicaid waste, fraud and abuse,” says a release from Rep. Destin Hall, R-Caldwell. Final vote for passage will happen Tuesday on the Health Care Practitioner Transparency Act, known also as House Bill 696.

The proposal will need vote approval from the Senate and a signature from first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein.

“Medicaid should serve the people who truly need it, and this bill makes sure that happens,” Hall said. “After Governor Stein and his administration let costs run wild, we’re tightening things up by adding common-sense guardrails that cut down on waste, fraud and abuse in the program. North Carolina taxpayers deserve confidence that their money is being spent wisely, and patients deserve a system ...