{"id":145,"date":"2013-02-05T08:27:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T13:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/a-bill-for-renewal-of-a-fee-on-hospitals-to-pay-for-medicaid.html"},"modified":"2013-02-05T08:27:40","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T13:27:40","slug":"a-bill-for-renewal-of-a-fee-on-hospitals-to-pay-for-medicaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/a-bill-for-renewal-of-a-fee-on-hospitals-to-pay-for-medicaid.html","title":{"rendered":"A bill for renewal of a fee on hospitals to pay for Medicaid"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n
\n<\/a>
\nThe Georgia legislature showed some responsibility for public health Friday,
\neven though it did so through a shell game.\n<\/p>\n

\nGretchen noted that
\nAaron Gould Sheinin and Misty Williams wrote for the AJC Friday,
\n
\n\u2018Bed tax\u2019 clears final hurdle<\/a>,\n<\/p>\n

\n

\nThe state’s ailing Medicaid program benefited from critical care
\nFriday, when the House overwhelmingly approved a bill that will make
\nway for renewal of a fee on hospitals.\n<\/p>\n

\nSenate Bill 24 will transfer the power to levy the fee \u2014 seen
\nas necessary to avoid a loss of $700 million in funding for the
\nmedical care program that serves low-income Georgians \u2014 from
\nthe Legislature to the state’s community health care agency.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\nThe bill, proposed by Gov. Nathan Deal, solves a problem for many
\nlegislators who did not want to renew the 2-year-old fee, widely
\nknown as the \u201cbed tax,\u201d because they saw it as a tax
\nincrease.\n<\/p>\n

\nWithout the fee, hospitals and doctors faced cuts in Medicaid
\nreimbursement that could exceed 20 percent, a hit that would have
\nforced many to drastically cut services and cause some small rural
\nhospitals to shut down.\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThe legislation just breathed life into 27 hospitals,\u201d
\nsaid Jimmy Lewis, the CEO of HomeTown Health, a network of rural
\nhospitals and providers.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nThere’s more in
\n
\nthe article.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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