The state has settled five years of litigation with several health-care provider groups over a $100 million transfer of funds from MCARE to the general fund as well as the state’s calculation of the annual assessments it charges doctors.
Gov. Tom Corbett announced Thursday a settlement that allows the state to keep the $100 million previously transferred out of the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Fund, but provides for reimbursement to the separate Assessment Relief Fund of $139 million. The state also agreed to change, beginning in 2015, its calculation formula for the assessments doctors must pay for MCARE assessments, resulting in an expected $61 million reduction from the projected 2014 year-end fund balance, Corbett said in a statement.
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