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CBO to Score Multi-campus Hospital Legislation
The Congressional Budget Office is scoring recently introduced legislation that would address an issue with health information technology (HIT) incentives in the HITECH Act. The bill, versions of which have been introduced in both the House and Senate, would allow multi-campus hospitals to receive HIT incentive payments for each campus, even if they all operate under one Medicare Provider Number (MPN). Under the current law, only one incentive is provided per MPN, regardless of how many campuses are part of the hospital system. The Senate bill was sponsored by Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the House bill was introduced by Reps. Zach Space (D-OH) and Michael Burgess (R-TX). While there is bipartisan support for the legislation, it is unclear whether it will be enough to get the bill passed during the upcoming lame duck session. | |
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