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Nursing homes call for Medicaid rate increase, payment reform
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Nursing homes laud policymakers for boosting their Medicaid rates in the state’s current budget. But providers say they need a greater increase, as well as payment reform, to address a gap between the cost of providing care and how much they're reimbursed.