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The Hill-Burton Act of 1946, which provided federal assistance for the construction of community hospitals, established nondiscrimination requirements for institutions that received such federal assistance—including the requirement that a "reasonable volume" of free emergency care be provided for community members who could not pay—for a period for 20 years after the hospital's construction.
Patient safety work product includes any data, reports, records, memoranda, analyses (such as root cause analyses), or written or oral statements (or copies of any of this material), which are assembled or developed by a provider for reporting to a PSO and are reported to a PSO; or are developed by a patient safety organization for the conduct ...
Stark Law is a set of United States federal laws that prohibit physician self-referral, specifically a referral by a physician of a Medicare or Medicaid patient to an entity for the provision of designated health services ("DHS") if the physician (or an immediate family member) has a financial relationship with that entity.
The Hill–Burton Act was passed in 1946, which provided federal funding for hospitals in exchange for treating poor patients. [93] The largest hospital system in 2016 by revenue was HCA Healthcare; [94] in 2019, Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives merged into CommonSpirit Health to create the largest by revenue, spanning 21 states. [95]
ASHEVILLE – The federal government found that Mission Hospital violated two regulations related to an emergency department screening law, according to a March 14 letter from the Centers for ...
The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) was passed by the United States Congress in 1990 as an amendment to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.Effective on December 1, 1991, this legislation required many hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, hospice providers, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and other health care institutions to provide information about ...
Federal funds paid for the creation of the technological infrastructure, powered by Medicity, as well as discounted implementation fees for hospitals in Ohio. [ citation needed ] As of 2016 [update] , CliniSync has 148 hospitals contracted, with 123 "live," and over 400 long-term and post-acute care facilities.
Denial of coverage seems to be emerging as the biggest point of tension between insurers and patients. A 2023 expose by ProPublica highlighted the industry practice of keeping denial rates secret.