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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