Published: Mon, September 12, 2016 @ 9:55 p.m.NEW MIDDLETOWNThe Mahoning County commissioners passed a resolution Monday asking state legislators to stop the potential loss of local government revenue associated with the Medicaid managed-care organization sales tax.The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has ruled that, beginning in July 2017, sales tax no longer can be targeted toward insurance companies under contract with the state to cover Medicaid.Applying state taxes to Medicaid managed care organizations, but not to all managed-care organizations, is impermissible, U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services officials wrote to state health and Medicaid officials in a July 25, 2014, letter.CMS told Ohio to comply with that standard before the new state budget cycle begins in July 2017, or abolish the sales tax on Medicaid managed care. Medicaid is a jointly funded federal and state health insurance program for low-income people.Looming annual losses are $3.7 million for Mahoning …
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Mahoning commissioner ask state to halt loss of funds associated with Medicaid tax