Republican senators objected to the bill, arguing it will reimburse the hospital at a higher rate than other hospitals in the state.
The move paves the way for the development of a new hospital in Willowbrook, Calif., which is intended to alleviate the pressure area hospitals have faced in treating Medi-Cal patients since Martin Luther King Hospital closed in 2007, according to the report.
The University of California, Los Angeles County and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger developed an agreement to set up a private, non-profit hospital in the area. The recently passed legislation will move the plan forward.
Read the Los Angeles Times report on California hospital reimbursement.
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– California’s Community Hospital of Long Beach to Merge With Long Beach Memorial
– California Judge Issues Restraining Order Halting Nurses’ Strike
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