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Planned Parenthood Affiliates Resume Medicaid Billing for Non-Abortion Services
Clinics affiliated with Planned Parenthood and two smaller providers began billing Medicaid again on July 5 for non-abortion services after a one-year federal restriction lapsed. The restored access returns a revenue stream that previously exceeded $800 million annually for Planned Parenthood.
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Clinics affiliated with Planned Parenthood and two smaller providers began billing Medicaid again on July 5 for non-abortion services. The payments had been blocked for one year under a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The restored access returns a revenue stream that previously exceeded $800 million annually for Planned Parenthood.
More than half of its patients use Medicaid coverage, according to the organization.
patients Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin halted abortions for about a month, then dropped its status as an essential community provider so it could resume seeking reimbursement. The Arizona affiliate paused offering many of its services to patients covered by Medicaid.
Maine Family Planning closed three primary care clinics that served about 1,000 patients in the largely rural state. A senior vice president of program services said Monday that even with help, former patients had to wait an average of four to six months to be established with new providers.
Patients at Health Imperatives in Massachusetts may not have noticed the change, as no services were dropped. The state government funded Medicaid reimbursements that the federal government stopped, something Planned Parenthood says happened in some form in 14 states.
Planned Parenthood's Arizona affiliate has already announced expanded hours and more telehealth options linked to the ability to bill Medicaid again. Some other services are not likely to be restored.
Kelsey Pritchard, a spokesperson for Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said Monday that lawmakers have defunded the organization before and should do everything in their power to do it again. Planned Parenthood contends that general election voters do not want the organization to be defunded.
Pritchard said Republican primary voters do. "There's no telling with this uncertainty," said Michelle Quesada, vice president of communications, brand and marketing for the Planned Parenthood affiliate in Florida.
