Massachusetts S900 seeks to enhance primary care by adjusting Medicaid graduate medical education funding.

Massachusetts S900 amends the General Laws to adjust Medicaid graduate medical education funding, focusing on primary care, behavioral health, and other fields with physician shortages. The executive office will include these adjustments in reimbursement rates to qualifying hospitals, based on Medicare's methodology. The secretary, in consultation with the executive office of administration and finance, will identify necessary annual funding by July 1, 2026, and report recommendations to relevant committees. The first payments under this new funding scheme must occur by October 1, 2027.

Massachusetts S900 seeks to enhance primary care by adjusting Medicaid graduate medical education funding.

Massachusetts S900 amends the General Laws to adjust Medicaid graduate medical education funding, focusing on primary care, behavioral health, and other fields with physician shortages. The executive office will include these adjustments in reimbursement rates to qualifying hospitals, based on Medicare's methodology. The secretary, in consultation with the executive office of administration and finance, will identify necessary annual funding by July 1, 2026, and report recommendations to relevant committees. The first payments under this new funding scheme must occur by October 1, 2027.