Madison Medical Center board responds to Medicaid cuts

Madison Medical Center board responds to Medicaid cuts

Madison Medical Center receives a quarter of its funding from Medicaid, according to its CEO. Recent cuts in Medicaid spending have alarmed people about the stability of rural hospitals. The Madison Medical Center board of trustees braced for the recent budget bill passed by the Trump administration, anticipating its effects on the hospital’s budget in their last meeting. “I called it something else,” MMC CEO Lisa Tidwell said, prefacing the con…