Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Calif. hospitals blast new rate-setting proposal for providers
Calif. hospitals blast new rate-setting proposal for providers-modernhealthcare: California hospitals are on edge over a bill dropped late Monday that would mandate regulated rate-setting for providers. The measure would use Medicare rates as the benchmark to calculate commercial insurer payments, and would cost state hospitals $18 billion in the first year alone, according to preliminary projections.