Arizona hospitals received half a billion dollars more than they were assessed under Arizona’s Medicaid expansion program last fiscal year — that’s according to numbers released by the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS).
Under the plan, hospitals pay the assessment in order to bring in federal money; it’s also the subject of an ongoing lawsuit.
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center had the biggest difference in the state between what it paid and what it brought in — nearly $24 million.
For more on this, we talked to Matt Cox, chief financial officer for Dignity Health in Arizona.
