Maryland Misses Latest Medicare Waiver Goal

Maryland health care leaders have blown past another deadline they set for themselves to submit a proposal for a revised Medicare waiver. And this time they’re not bothering with a new deadline.

The state has been working on a plan for revising its Medicare waiver for months and along the way setting — and passing — goals for completing the task. Most recently health officials said they planned to submit a proposal to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Dec. 17. The date appeared on a spending report the state’s Health Services Cost Review Commission, which sets hospital rates, filed in order to hire a consulting firm to help complete the application.

As of Jan. 3, health leaders were still at work on the waiver.
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