Medicaid Threatens to Stop MHAP Payment to Greenwood Leflore Hospital as IHL Approves Property Donation to UMMC
The hospital says withholding $2.4 million in Medicaid payments would leave it without enough cash to stay open.
- On Thursday, Greenwood Leflore Hospital consultant Gary Marchand warned that the Mississippi Division of Medicaid's request to withhold $2.4 million in Mississippi Hospital Access Program payments could make the University of Mississippi Medical Center takeover deal "dead on arrival."
- The conflict originated last summer when the Division of Medicaid began clawing back supplemental funding following a recalculation of patient volumes; DOM asserts GLH still owes approximately $3 million from 2024 overpayments.
- Institutions for Higher Learning Board of Trustees members unanimously approved Thursday to receive all GLH property as a donation, pending approval from the Greenwood City Council and the Leflore County Board of Supervisors.
- Without these payments, the hospital warns it will deplete remaining cash reserves and close June 30, ending access to emergency and surgical care for roughly 25,000 residents in the Central Delta.
- GLH has asked U.S. District Judge Kristi H. Johnson to intervene regarding the recoupment stay, while the Division of Medicaid seeks a "somewhat advisory opinion" from the Bankruptcy Court on whether ongoing payments violate prior Hinds County Chancery Court orders.
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Greenwood Leflore Hospital Says It Could Close Imminently If Medicaid Withholds Funds
Greenwood Leflore Hospital is warning that it could be forced to close at the end of June after the Mississippi Division of Medicaid requested permission to withhold millions in payments. A GLH consultant warns that it could also derail a takeover deal with University of Mississippi Medical Center. The post Greenwood Leflore Hospital Says It Could Close If Medicaid Withholds Funds, Potentially Derailing UMMC Deal appeared first on Mississippi Fr…
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DeSoto County NewsGreenwood Leflore Hospital warns of closure as Medicaid moves to withhold $2.4 million payment
Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. The Mississippi Division of Medicaid filed papers Wednesday asking a bankruptcy court for permission to withhold a scheduled roughly $2.4 million payment to Greenwood Leflore Hospital. But hospital officials say a missed payment could force the struggling facility to close by June 30 and derail a proposed agreement for the University of Mississippi Medical Center …
Medicaid threatens to stop MHAP payment to Greenwood Leflore Hospital as IHL approves property donation to UMMC
Updated: The Commonwealth corrected the amount of the MHAP June payment and to clarify details of the hospital's transfer to UMMC. Also, a link to the board meeting's live stream was added. IHL also approved
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Medicaid threatens to stop MHAP payment to Greenwood Leflore Hospital as IHL takes up property donation
Greenwood Leflore Hospital has filed a motion asking a federal judge to order the Mississippi Division of Medicaid to release $2.48 million from the Mississippi Hospital Access Program to ensure the financially plagued hospital will stay open until July 31 while Mississippi's Institutions of Higher Learning considers accepting the donation of th
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