STAT+: Trump\u2019s latest deal: $600 million of tech company discounts to help implement Medicaid work requirements
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Ten technology vendors are offering $600 million worth of discounts to states that pick them to help implement Medicaid work requirements, the Trump administration announced Thursday, signaling how lucrative they think the sweeping change could be.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, at a press conference flanked by his top staff, said that the deals are just one more example of the Trump administration\u2019s track record of getting companies to voluntarily make changes instead of having to pass laws. Oz touted previous agreements on drug prices<\/a> and prior authorizations<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThis administration has been able to use the power to convene quite effectively to get to this endpoint,\u201d Oz said. \u201cObviously we can pass legislation. We can use rulemaking. But across government and industry, we have used the power to convene. \u2026 We\u2019re now applying that to federal, state, and industry partnerships around the work requirement.\u201d<\/p>\n Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n