Amendment #1359 to H4700

An Act Relating to Hospital Bad Debts, Claims Denials and Prompt Payments

Ms. Fluker Oakley of Boston moves to amend the bill by adding the following sections:

SECTION XXXX. Section 8(a) of Chapter 12C of the General Laws is amended by adding the following sentence after the first sentence thereof:

The center shall collect from each hospital its annual bad debt in total and broken down by the payer that insured the patient (including all commercial payers, government payers, and bad debt arising from services rendered to self-pay / uninsured patients); the claim denial rate by each commercial and government payer along with the annual dollar value of denied claims by payer; and an aged accounts receivable report by payer, and the center shall publish an annual report disclosing such data by hospital.

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An Act Relating to Hospital Bad Debts, Claims Denials and Prompt Payments