In a move that affects the bottom line of hospitals and pharmacies, Washington cuts more money from their Medicaid program.<\/p>\n
This particular innovation may have more applications right across America if the whole picture affecting the health system is taken into account. It’s not a national secret that the health system isn’t “healthy” and that it needs some serious revamping to make it over into something that provides access to medical services for everyone. But, that’s another story.<\/p>\n
This story deals with the operating budgets of hospitals and pharmacies by directly affecting what they generate in revenues. The State of Washington has done some budget slicing to their Medicaid program that shaves hospital revenues by close to 4% and pharmacies will be hit with a 2% budget cut. In other words, when a druggist dispenses prescription drugs to Medicaid patients, they will be getting, from now on, 2% less for those drugs.<\/p>\n