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Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Division of Health Care Finance and Policy

Budgetary Direct Appropriations

DIVISION OF HEALTH CARE FINANCE AND POLICY
4100-0060  

For the operation of the division of health care finance and policy, and the administration of the uncompensated care pool; provided, that the division, in consultation with the division of medical assistance, shall not promulgate any increase in Medicaid provider rates above existing rates without taking all measures possible under Title XIX of the Social Security Act or any successor federal statute to ensure that rates of payment to providers do not exceed such rates as are necessary to meet only those costs incurred by efficiently and economically operated providers in order to provide services of adequate quality; provided further, that the division shall share financial data and expertise about the Massachusetts health care industry with the Massachusetts institute for social and economic research for the purpose of enhancing, developing, and marketing data products for the public; and provided further, that the division and the institute shall share any revenue generated through the licensure, royalty, and usage fees charged for said data products

8,528,764


Budgetary Retained Revenues

DIVISION OF HEALTH CARE FINANCE AND POLICY RETAINED REVENUE
4100-0061  

The division of health care finance and policy is hereby authorized to expend for the operation of the division an amount not to exceed $500,000 from federal financial participation generated by administrative expenditures of the division for the Medicaid program pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act; provided, however, that no expenditures shall be made from this item prior to certification by the comptroller that not less than $3 million from said federal financial participation has been collected and deposited in the General Fund

500,000


Trust and Other Spending

4100-0100  

INITIATIVES IN HEALTH CARE REFORM

29,428

4100-1500  

LABOR SHORTAGE FUND

1,183,761



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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Executive Office for Administration and Finance
Fiscal Affairs Division
State House, Room 272
Boston, MA 02133
(617) 727-2081


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