Hospitals, nursing homes at risk if Medicaid provider tax cap is lowered

Hospitals, nursing homes at risk if Medicaid provider tax cap is lowered

By Jaymie Baxley North Carolina health officials are warning that one of the many proposals being floated in Congress to shrink a key Medicaid funding mechanism could devastate hospitals and nursing homes across the state — cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from a system already straining to meet growing needs. The proposals target taxes — referred to in the state as “assessments” — that North Carolina and other states impose on health car…