The Georgia House of Representatives has approved a bill (H.B. 307) that would levy a 1.45 percent patient revenue tax on most hospitals in the state, but amended a previous version of the bill that would have also levied the…
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The House of Representatives passed the health reform bill by a vote of 220-207 in the final vote in a complicated legislative process, according to a report by the New York Times.
The Idaho Senate has approved a $25 million hospital tax paid by private hospitals in the state to offset cuts in the Medicaid budget, according to a report by the Idaho Reporter.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service sent a response to the American Society of Anesthesiologists providing context and rationale for recent updated Interpretive Guidelines for the Medicare Hospital Conditions of Participation, according to an ASA news release.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service sent a response to the American Society of Anesthesiologists providing context and rationale for recent updated Interpretive Guidelines for the Medicare Hospital Conditions of Participation, according to an ASA news release.
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Moody's Investors Service said not-for-profit hospitals and stand-alone community hospitals in particular "will struggle financially" under health reform, according to a report by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
By a vote of 56 to 43, the Senate passed changes in the health reform bill, which will now be returned to the House of Representatives for a final vote, according to a report by the New York Times.
California is removing requirements for physicians to be involved in patient admissions, medical examinations, and patient transfers in hospitals and other facilities, according to a release by the California Medical Association.
The Ohio Hospital Association has filed an amicus brief in an Ohio Supreme Court case appealing the state's denial of property tax exemption to a company that operates dialysis clinics in the state, according to AHA News.
A new report by Standard & Poor's determined Provena Health, Mokena, Ill., should be able to make tax payments without a detrimental effect on its balance sheet, following a state Supreme Court decision affirming a lower court's ruling stripping one…