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Bill would raise hospital provider assessment to 6% and add some rural hospitals to pool
Summary
House Bill 2,250 would permit an assessment up to 6% of net hospital operating revenue, extend inclusion of certain critical access and rural emergency hospitals above a revenue threshold, and set payment timing and collection mechanisms for nonpayment.
The House Health and Human Services Committee heard House Bill 2,250, which would increase Kansas's hospital provider assessment to an amount not greater than 6% of each hospital's net inpatient and outpatient operating revenue and expand participation by some critical access hospitals (CAHs) and rural emergency hospitals (REHs).
Carly, committee staff, described the bill's key provisions: amending KSA 65-6208 to allow an assessment up to 6%; exempting CAHs or REHs with revenues below a threshold set by the Health Care Access Improvement Panel; and changing payment…
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