AHA Lists Concerns With Senate Reform Bill, but Expresses Overall Support
December 22, 2009
While the American Hospital Association supports passage of the Senate health reform bill that is now being voted on, the AHA has some reservations too, according to a report by AHA News Now.
In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), the AHA lauded the bill's goal of universal coverage but had a few bones to pick about provisions that would be taken up by a joint House-Senate conference committee if the Senate bill passes, as expected.
The letter listed concerns in the following areas:
* Medicare and Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) programs;
* the Medicare hospital update; and
* New reimbursement policies that would penalize hospitals for unavoidable readmissions.
Read AHA News Now's report on health reform.
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