The Healthcare Association of New York State has expressed its support of The Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act, which was designed to change how incentive amounts are determined for hospitals that share a Medicare provider number under the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs, according to a HANYS news release.
Representatives Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) and Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), along with their colleagues Representatives Michael Burgess, MD (R-Texas) and Kevin Brady (R-Texas) developed and introduced this legislation.
The multi-campus hospital bill would recognize hospitals that may share a Medicare provider number with other facilities. In New York alone, 46 hospitals are represented by 20 Medicare numbers.
Read the HANYS news release about The Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act.
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