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Senate approves hospital assessment change with reporting safeguards
Summary
The Utah Senate amended and approved S.B. 126 to allow hospitals to assess outpatient services similar to inpatient assessments to draw federal Medicaid funds, adding reporting and enforcement language sponsors described as consensus with hospitals and stakeholders.
The Utah Senate on the floor approved S.B. 126 after adopting a sponsor amendment that adds reporting and accountability measures intended to ensure equitable distribution of Medicaid assessment proceeds.
Sponsor Senator Bickers said the bill expands hospital assessments to outpatient services "to bring those in line" with inpatient assessments and to help smaller and outlying hospitals. "This bill simply would allow that to happen…
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