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In 2015 there were 1,519,461 Medicare beneficiaries in Georgia, which is 15 percent of its total population. Nationwide, about 17 percent of the US population is enrolled in Medicare. The states with the highest percentage of beneficiaries are West Virginia and Maine with about 23 percent each.
The rate increases will most likely have the biggest impact on providers in rural Georgia communities, which serve a high Medicaid population. For some providers, the Medicaid reimbursement rate will go up by more than 50% for some procedures. The rate increases means $140 million in increased reimbursements for Georgia providers. The increase was funded by the General Assembly earlier this year, but the Department of Community Health did not approve the rate increase until the beginning of May.