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Health & Welfare committee outlines bill addressing health‑care costs, electronic records and hospital global budgets
Summary
Members of the Health & Welfare committee discussed a three-part bill covering electronic medical records, the state health plan and multi‑year hospital global budgets, identified consultants and funding, and scheduled further meetings with the House Health Care panel.
Members of the Health & Welfare committee discussed next steps for a three-part legislative bill to address rising health‑care costs, electronic medical records (EMR) and hospital budgeting at a meeting held online ahead of next week’s sessions.
The proposal, described by Speaker 1, a committee member, would combine (1) technical fixes for claims and clinical data interoperability (EMR), (2) planning adjustments to the state health plan, and (3) a multi‑year pilot to test global hospital budgets for the state’s five largest hospitals. "I've asked Jen to draft something up that looks at a 3 year period for developing a global budget, hospital global budgets, perhaps for our 5 biggest hospitals," Speaker 1 said.
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