Bill > H7937

This bill prohibits healthcare providers from charging "facility fees," which are extra charges meant to cover a hospital's operational costs, when medical services are not provided on a hospital's main campus or within a defined distance of it, including services delivered via telemedicine. To ensure transparency and accountability for charges at different locations, the bill mandates that each off-campus location of a hospital must obtain and use a unique National Provider Identifier (NPI), a standard identification number for healthcare providers, that is separate from the main hospital's NPI, starting January 1, 2027. This means that claims for services provided at these off-campus locations must clearly indicate the specific site and provider type, preventing payers from being billed for services as if they were rendered on a hospital campus when they were not.

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