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Monday, August 21, 2006 Cost of Medicaid For Illegal Aliens Almost $10 million OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The cost of emergency medical services for individuals deemed "illegal aliens" has more than doubled since 2003.
In the year ending June 30th, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority paid nine-point-seven (m) million dollars to treat individuals who entered the U-S without documentation. That's an increase of 154 percent over the three-point-eight (m) million dollars the authority paid to treat illegal aliens in 2003.
Charles Brodt is deputy director of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. He says the sharp increase is a result of rising Medicaid reimbursement rates for health care providers and health care providers doing a better job getting information from patients to file Medicaid claims.
Federal law requires Medicaid to reimburse health care providers who provide emergency treatment for illegal immigrants with acute symptoms.
Posted at 8/21/2006 10:54:00 AM  
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