MA H942

Bill

Relative to transparency of hospital margins & ensuring hospital efficiency

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to the public reporting of hospital margins. Financial Services.

AI Summary

This bill aims to enhance transparency and efficiency in the hospital industry. It requires the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) to hold public hearings and issue reports when a hospital's operating margin exceeds 5% in a fiscal year. The bill also mandates CHIA to examine hospital efficiency and publish margins for commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid lines of business. Additionally, it requires academic medical centers to report on the portion of their revenues and expenses devoted to teaching and research, and CHIA to issue an annual report on the case-mix of hospitals and its relationship to commercial reimbursements. The bill also directs CHIA to establish a uniform methodology for calculating and reporting inpatient and outpatient costs, including various cost categories, for all hospitals.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (2)

Mark Cusack (D), Chynah Tyler (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5160 (on 12/01/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H942

(8 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H942
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H942.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1144	Relative to hospital profit transparency and fairness	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1172	Ensuring protections for physicians and hospitals that contract with Medicaid managed care organizations	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1190	To promote healthy sole community provider and critical access hospitals	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1927	Relative to hospital medical staffs	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Similar To
H1986	Promoting sterilization during surgery	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Similar To
H5160	Study Order - payments and insurance	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
S167	To prevent unscrupulous medical debt recovery practices	Accompanied a study order, see S2534	Similar To
S729	Relative to the closing of hospital essential services	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To

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