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Senate panel approves bill to protect 'Hospital Without Walls' participants from payer penalties
Summary
S.B. 603 would require private payers to allow contract restoration and reasonable payment when ambulatory surgery centers temporarily converted to hospitals under CMS 'Hospital Without Walls' during the COVID emergency; committee passed the bill after provider testimony alleging contract termination by some insurers.
Senator Irvin presented Senate Bill 603 to protect ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) that enrolled in CMS's Hospital Without Walls (Section 1135 waiver) during the COVID public health emergency. The sponsor said the measure aims to ensure private payers do not penalize facilities that temporarily converted to hospital status and that contracts can be…
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