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.
After years of operating with annual losses numbering in the tens of millions, the Pajaro Valley Health Care District is planning to consistently achieve a positive monthly bottom line for Watsonville Community Hospital by the third or fourth quarter of this year, according to a district release.