Tuesday, January 27, 2009
State Watch | Texas Panel Proposes Changes To Calculate Value of Care Delivered by Charity Hospitals - Kaisernetwork.org
State Watch | Texas Panel Proposes Changes To Calculate Value of Care Delivered by Charity Hospitals - Kaisernetwork.org: "A work group appointed by Texas legislators has proposed a standard for defining and calculating the cost of charity care provided by not-for-profit hospitals in the state in order to determine the actual value of such care, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. The proposal does not call for the hospitals to increase the amount of charity care they provide, but seeks to clarify how state and federal indigent-care funding is spent. State Sen. Jane Nelson (R) in a statement said, 'Our hospitals have become the de facto universal health plan for every uninsured person in this country,' adding, 'We need to be reimbursing our hospitals fairly for the uncompensated care they provide,' but 'we also have a responsibility to the taxpayer, which means more transparency and consistency is needed.'"
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Sen. Nelson is a leader in fiscal transparency and often open government and works with AFP-Texas.
I agree with Sen. Jane Nelson. We need to know what we are paying for. We do need more transparency and to know what we are spending tax dollars on. Texas has good public policy, and AFP isone reason why.
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