Hospitals have a unique financial stake in the success of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and they’re investing time and resources to get the uninsured covered next year under the sweeping federal law.
Each year, Washington hospitals lose hundreds of millions of dollars treating people who don’t have insurance. Now, the health care legislation known as Obamacare eliminates disproportionate share (DISH) payments to hospitals, which are to help offset the cost of those uninsured visits. The idea…
Hospitals have a unique financial stake in the success of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and they’re investing time and resources to get the uninsured covered next year under the sweeping federal law.
Each year, Washington hospitals lose hundreds of millions of dollars treating people who don’t have insurance. Now, the health care legislation known as Obamacare eliminates disproportionate share (DISH) payments to hospitals, which are to help offset the cost of those uninsured visits. The idea…