Medicaid underfunded in 2009

January 05, 2010 at 07:00 PM
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  • $4.7 billion — Cumulative amount of Medicaid underfunding for long-term care in 2009.
  • $688.3 million — Amount of the largest aggregate Medicaid underfunding by state (New York), followed by $359.6 million in Illinois and $306.1 million in Ohio.
  • $28.41 — Largest Medicaid benefit per patient underfunding by state (Wisconsin), followed by $25.13 in New Jersey, and $24.95 in Massachusetts.
  • $14.17 — Average shortfall in Medicaid nursing home reimbursement in 2009.

Source: Eljay LLC for the American Health Care Association