Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-932

EHS 932

Tiered Healthcare Networks

Mr. Downing moved that the proposed new text be amended “by inserting after section 53 the following section:-

“SECTION XX. Section 11 of Chapter 176J, as amended by Section 177 of chapter 224 of the acts of 2012, is hereby further amended by inserting after the second paragraph the following:-

Carriers shall tier non-profit hospitals based exclusively on adjusted total medical expenses if said provider is the sole acute hospital in a 20-mile radius.”