New Mexico outlines cuts to Medicaid provider rates

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico is releasing an outline of proposed cuts to reimbursement rates for Medicaid health care providers that would trim up to $160 million in annual state and federal spending.
The state Human Service Department unveiled a proposal Tuesday that would rescind enhanced reimbursements to nearly 2,000 physicians and shave reimbursement rates to hospitals by between 3 percent and 8 percent.
Preventive care and obstetrics would be exempt from reimbursement cuts linked