Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Start Time:

10:00 AM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Health Care Prices, Rates & Affordability

The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing will conduct a hybrid public hearing on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, from 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. in Room A-1 on bills relating to Health Care Prices, Rates & Affordability. This hearing will be streamed live and archived under the Hearings & Events section of the legislative website.

LINK TO PRE-REGISTER TO TESTIFY: For both in-person and remote testimony, please fill out this FORM

***INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION / TESTIMONY***

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: For both in-person and remote testimony, the deadline to register to testify is 4:00 P.M. Thursday, September 7, 2023. Individuals registered for remote testimony will receive an e-mail the day after pre-registration closes with a link to join the hearing on Microsoft Teams.

SAME DAY SIGN-UP FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY ONLY – IF TIME ALLOWS: Individuals who miss the deadline to pre-register for testimony may appear on the day of the hearing and sign-up to speak in-person on forms provided by committee staff outside of the hearing room. Time permitting, when all pre-registered individuals have been called to testify, the Chairs will then call any individuals who sign-up on the day of the hearing.

LEGISLATOR AND PUBLIC OFFICIAL TESTIMONY: Due to the technical requirements of conducting hybrid hearings, legislators and public officials are also requested to pre-register to testify. The Chairs, at their discretion, may take legislators and public officials out of turn. The committee will extend this courtesy to legislators and public officials only, and it will not be expanded to include other individuals or panels.

ORAL TESTIMONY – TIME LIMIT: Each individual registered to testify shall be afforded 3 minutes to speak. Individuals offering testimony on multiple bills must do so within the 3 minute time limit. The Chairs, at their discretion, may further limit the time for testimony.

ORAL TESTIMONY – PARTICIPATING AS A PANEL: Individuals participating as part of a panel must fill-out the appropriate section of the pre-registration form. Please have each member of the panel fill out the pre-registration form separately and completely. The Chairs will permit either fully in-person panels or fully-remote panels only. Questions related to the registration of panels should be directed to the Committee Director at timothy.oneill@mahouse.gov.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY – DO NOT FILL OUT THIS FORM: For individuals wishing to provide written testimony ONLY, please do not fill out this form. There is no deadline on the submission of written testimony. Written testimony may be submitted to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing via E-mail to House Chair at John.Lawn@mahouse.gov and Senate Chair Cindy.Friedman@masenate.gov, as well as the Committee Director at timothy.oneill@mahouse.gov.

ORDER OF TESTIMONY: The Chairs, at their discretion, will determine the order of testimony during the course of the hearing. It is the responsibility of the individuals registered to testify to be prepared to speak when called upon by the Chairs. In the event that an individual is called by the Chairs and that person is not logged into the Teams platform, the Chairs will move on and call the next individual or panel.

DEADLINE TO REQUEST ADA ACCOMMODATIONS: ADA accommodations, such as closed captioning and transcription services, shall be provided upon request. The services are provided by staff from the appropriate state agencies. Agency policies require 3 business days to process any request for services. Requests for services should be submitted through the link below:

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Health Care Financing - 9-12-2023	9/12/2023 10:00 AM	03:44:31

Agenda

Health Care Prices, Rates & Affordability 1:00pm - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.1187	An Act providing financial transparency for patients receiving care at hospital-based outpatient facilities	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
H.1189	An Act updating high-cost hospitals and Health Policy Commission system accountability	Patricia A. Duffy
H.1190	An Act to continue enhanced Medicaid hospital payments	Michael J. Finn
H.1191	An Act relating to hospital bad debts, claims denials and prompt payments	Brandy Fluker Oakley
H.1198	An Act to extend enhanced Medicaid benefits to eligible hospitals	Patricia A. Haddad
H.1203	An Act to improve health care cost accountability	Kevin G. Honan
H.1207	An Act prohibiting surprise outside billing	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1222	An Act to ensure uniform and transparent reporting of medical debt data	John J. Mahoney
H.1227	An Act to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities through commercial rate equity for safety net hospitals	Frank A. Moran
H.1228	An Act to prohibit inappropriate use of the state health care cost benchmark	Frank A. Moran
S.723	An Act relative to hospital bad debts, claim denials and prompt payments	Nick Collins
S.731	An Act relative to the sustainability of high public payer community hospitals	John J. Cronin
S.734	An Act updating high-cost hospital and Health Policy Commission system accountability	John J. Cronin
S.741	An Act to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities through commercial rate equity for safety net hospitals	Sal N. DiDomenico
S.743	An Act to ensure uniform and transparent reporting of medical debt data	Lydia Edwards
S.750	An Act relative to primary care for you	Cindy F. Friedman
S.771	An Act providing transparency for patients receiving care at hospital-based facilities	Jason M. Lewis
S.772	An Act to continue enhanced Medicaid hospital payments	Jason M. Lewis
S.777	An Act relative to hospital billing and licensure	Paul W. Mark
S.787	An Act to alleviate skyrocketing consumer health care costs	Mark C. Montigny
S.788	An Act to prohibit inappropriate use of the health care cost growth benchmark	Michael O. Moore
S.792	An Act limiting facility fees	Susan L. Moran
S.801	An Act strengthening health spending accountability processes within the health policy commission and the center for health information and analysis	Rebecca L. Rausch
S.802	An Act to improve health care cost accountability	Michael F. Rush

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Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

Health Care Prices, Rates & Affordability 1:00pm - 1:00pm

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