State Budget
Gov. John Kasich's 2012-2013 state budget includes OHA's proposed hospital franchise fee and does NOT include anti-market Medicaid managed care "non-contracting" language.
Ohio hospitals are pleased the Ohio General Assembly and Gov. John Kasich’s administration finalized a state budget that includes the OHA Board-approved proposal to bring $1.2 billion in additional revenue to the state by temporarily extending the hospital franchise fee. Hospitals also appreciate that anti-market non-contracting language was removed. The provision would have forced hospitals into lopsided relationships with Medicaid managed care plans (MCPs) with no incentives for the plans to negotiate reasonable contracts with hospitals.
Learn more about what the budget will mean to your hospital/health system:
• View OHA's overview of state budget provisions impacting hospitals/health systems
• View a recording of last week's OHA member webinar on the budget or download the presentation
• View OHA's media statement
Opposition Paper: Anti-Market "Non-Contracting" (Medicaid managed care)
Fact sheet:Hospital Franchise Fee
Hospital Testimony
OHA's state budget goals include:
• Redesigning hospital franchise fee (minimizing hospital losses)
• Securing adequate funding for Medicaid
• Preserving HCAP
• Eliminating or reducing regulatory burdens
• Including OHA plan in governor’s budget proposal, and having it ultimately enacted
To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2013...
No related legislation.
OHA Names New CEO
December 6, 2011:
Mike Abrams, Executive Vice President and CEO of the Iowa Medical Society, was announced as the Ohio Hospital Association’s next President and CEO. Abrams will begin his tenure in February, following the December 31 retirement of Jim Castle, OHA’s President and CEO for 23 years.
View OHA news release
Other Announcements