University Health, which operates University Hospital, is working with other area providers to help those who will lose their jobs by the closure of Texas Vista Medical Center.
Senate Bill 5532 was introduced by State Senator Curtis King (R). It would require Medicaid payments for acute-care services be made at 120% of the inpatient Medicaid fee schedule and 200% of the outpatient Medicaid fee schedule for certain hospitals. Small, low-volume hospitals in rural areas would receive these increases, allowing enhanced funding for operations.
Senate Bill 5532 was introduced by State Senator Curtis King (R). It would require Medicaid payments for acute-care services be made at 120% of the inpatient Medicaid fee schedule and 200% of the outpatient Medicaid fee schedule for certain hospitals. Small, low-volume hospitals in rural areas would receive these increases, allowing enhanced funding for operations.
Senate Bill 5532 was introduced by State Senator Curtis King (R). It would require Medicaid payments for acute-care services be made at 120% of the inpatient Medicaid fee schedule and 200% of the outpatient Medicaid fee schedule for certain hospitals. Small, low-volume hospitals in rural areas would receive these increases, allowing enhanced funding for operations.
Democratic Georgia lawmakers, local officials and the NAACP are asking federal officials to investigate a healthcare system that closed hospitals in downtown Atlanta and a southern suburb, claiming Wellstar Health System has illegally discriminated against Black people and violated its tax-exempt status.