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Improved Administration Could Reduce the Costs of Ohio's Medicaid Program

HRD-78-98 Published: Oct 23, 1978. Publicly Released: Oct 23, 1978.
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Ohio began its Medicaid program on July 1, 1966. During 1967, the State spent $50.6 million to provide medical services to a monthly average of about 300,000 eligible individuals. In its 11-year existence, Ohio's Medicaid program costs increased tenfold, and the number of eligibles increased 143 percent. Over the same period, Medicaid costs increased about 1,500 percent nationwide.

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Cost analysisEligibility criteriastate relationsHealth care cost controlNursing homesPaymentsProgram managementState governmentsMedicaidMedicare