Testimony of Wayne Turnage Director Department of Health Care Finance Before the Council of the District of Columbia Committee on Health

In connection with the “DC One Community for All” initiative, the District’s ten (10) collaborating agencies release an informational summary of their goals, milestones, and accomplishments from Fiscal Year (FY) 2012. The Summary highlights the steps taken by each agency to ensure that  individuals with disabilities living  in institutional settings – or at risk of being institutionalized - have the choice to transition to community  living with appropriate supports when available.

The Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) is working to implement Section 1902(a)(13) of the Affordable Care Act which requires State Medicaid agencies to increase payment rates for certain primary care services beginning January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014. Rates will be set at 100% of the Medicare rates in effect for CY 13 and 14 or, if higher, the rate that would be applicable using the CY 2009 Medicare conversion factor.