Sentences with phrase «uncompensated health»

Cuomo said that Congress failed to rescind Disproportionate Share Hospital payment cuts that became effective on October 1, reducing critical federal funding that reimburses hospitals through the Medicaid program for uncompensated health care costs.

Congress failed to rescind Disproportionate Share Hospital payment cuts that became effective on October 1, reducing critical federal funding that reimburses hospitals through the Medicaid program for uncompensated health care costs.

This will cut critical federal funding known as Disproportionate Share Hospital payments that reimburses hospitals through the Medicaid program for uncompensated health care costs.

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Meanwhile, hospitals and other medical care providers had expressed concern that, without the requirement, they would be forced to bear the burden of millions of dollars in uncompensated care costs for crash victims who don't have health insurance.

Also commonly called «pay ‐ or ‐ play,» after a requirement instituted as part of the Massachusetts health reforms that employers must «play» by offering health coverage to their workers or «pay» a tax to cover the costs of their employees» uncompensated care.

Cost Shift: In health care, cost shift refers to two related phenomena — doctors and hospitals charging patients with health insurance to pay for uncompensated care provided to those without coverage, and providers charging those with private coverage more to pay for below ‐ cost reimbursement by government programs.