Hospital Groups Worry About Cuts to Safety Net Facilities
Both the Senate and House health care reform bills propose cutting disproportionate share hospital payments to facilities whose patients are largely uninsured or beneficiaries of Medicaid. Hospitals want the cuts to be delayed until provisions of the bill aimed at expanding health insurance coverage are fully implemented.
- "Hospitals Concerned About Proposed DSH Payment Cuts in Health Reform" (Simmons, HealthLeaders Media, 1/19).