HB5442

Illinois HB5442 amends Medicaid payments to hospitals, setting specific rates and conditions for various hospital classes.

HB5442 amends the Illinois Public Aid Code to adjust Medicaid payments to hospitals, establishing specific rates and conditions for different hospital classes. It sets annual payments for hospitals, including safety-net, critical access, high Medicaid, and general acute care hospitals, based on inpatient and outpatient services. The bill also outlines criteria for hospital class assignments, including the ability for certain hospitals to elect to remain in the high Medicaid hospital class.