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June 22, 2010Liz Beaulieu, Editor

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in May issued a revised state budget for 2010-2011 that proposes capping spending for DME to about $1,800 per Medi-Cal recipient per year. The governor also proposes capping spending for supplies like wound care (about $400 per recipient per year), and eliminating reimbursement for enteral nutrition (unless a recipient is tube fed). "Part of it is, they haven't been successful in cutting reimbursement rates, so they're getting desperate," said Bob...

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