Washington Hospitals Lose Bid for Higher Reimbursements
October 02, 2009
Large hospitals in Washington State lost a bid to have the federal government provide additional reimbursements for treating uninsured patients, according to a report in The Seattle Times.
Eighteen large hospitals in Washington sued in an effort to receive $31 million for patients who were not eligible for Medicaid or Social Security treated between 1994 and 2000, according to the report. The state did pay the hospitals some money for these patients, but the hospitals believe the federal government should have paid them more.
Read the Times' report about the Washington hospitals bid for more reimbursements.
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