Bill Text: MS HB1229 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Medicaid; authorize Legislature to hire a consultant to review the Medicaid program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee [HB1229 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2018-HB1229-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2018 Regular Session

To: Medicaid

By: Representative Brown

House Bill 1229

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMEN OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE MEDICAID COMMITTEES ON BEHALF OF THE LEGISLATURE TO ENTER INTO A COMPETITIVELY BID CONTRACT TO HIRE A THIRD-PARTY CONSULTANT TO REVIEW THE MISSISSIPPI MEDICAID PROGRAM TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND ELIMINATE WASTE; TO SPECIFY THE AREAS OF THE MEDICAID PROGRAM THAT ARE TO BE EXAMINED IN THE REVIEW; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  On behalf of the Legislature, the chairmen of the House and Senate Medicaid Committees are authorized to enter into a competitively bid contract to hire a third-party consultant to review the Mississippi Medicaid program to improve efficiency and eliminate waste.  The analysis and solutions obtained from this review shall examine the following:

          (a)  Appropriate care and improved outcomes through early intervention, prevention, and wellness programs, including the reduction of rates of obesity and tobacco use;

          (b)  Services in the most cost-effective settings;

          (c)  Enhanced injury prevention;

          (d)  Optimized use of telemedicine;

          (e)  Transparency in health care price, quality, and utilization for consumers, taxpayers, and policymakers;

          (f)  Methods to discourage over-utilization and reduced waste, fraud, and abuse;

          (g)  Other efficiencies that will deliver value to the taxpayers;

          (h)  Existing optional services and categories with the goal of reducing over-utilization;

          (i)  Innovative measures and options such as capitates payment models, including without limitation managed care programs for specific high-need populations such as persons with serious mental illness or elderly persons with frailty;

          (j)  Innovative funding mechanisms, at the state level, aimed at making Medicaid expenditures more predictable and sustainable; and

          (k)  Alternatives to Medicaid that provide high-quality care to the state's indigent populations.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.