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Committee advances rural health transformation bills tied to $203 million federal program
Summary
A state Senate committee gave favorable reports to identical bills (SB367 and SB368) that mirror the state's CMS submission and create limited antitrust protections for providers applying for a one-year $203,000,000 transformation fund; members asked for clarifications on certification, timelines and reimbursement impacts.
A state Senate committee advanced identical measures, S.B. 367 and S.B. 368, that implement elements of the state's Rural Health Transformation submission to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and include limited antitrust protections for providers seeking program funds.
The bills, introduced together by the sponsor, would allow health-care providers applying for the federal transformation money to discuss and form collaborative agreements — such as joint purchasing, shared clinical and administrative services, coordinated staffing arrangements and shared platform technologies — without running afoul of state antitrust prohibitions, the sponsor said. "We have 203,000,000 in 1 year…
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