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Lawmakers press for short-term crisis steps as FQHCs, insurers and hospitals strain
Summary
Committee members pressed regulators for immediate steps to monitor and shore up financially distressed FQHCs and to use short-term emergency tools — including data collection modeled on COVID response — while longer-term payment reforms proceed.
Legislators and state regulators at the joint Senate Health and Welfare and House Healthcare meeting discussed short-term emergency measures to protect access to care as federally qualified health centers and insurers face financial strain.
Why it matters: Lawmakers said they are concerned that cost-containment steps aimed at long-term sustainability can produce immediate reductions in services and hospital census, potentially creating access bottlenecks if community providers and FQHCs lack solvency.
Several legislators described instances where hospitals reduced inpatient census after a focus on reducing patient revenue; they said those operational moves created waits for…
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