American Hospital Association July 12, 2023
The House Education & Workforce Committee July 12 voted 39-0 to pass legislation (H.R. 4509) that would require off-campus hospital outpatient departments to obtain a separate unique health identifier and include it on all claims for services billed to commercial group health plans or their enrollees. The legislation would prohibit the health plan from paying the claim and the hospital from collecting payment from the plan enrollee if the claim excludes the identifier, and impose civil monetary penalties on hospitals that violate the requirement.
In a statement, AHA Executive Vice President Stacey Hughes said, “The AHA is committed to strengthening the U.S. health care system and we appreciate the Committee on Education and the Workforce’s interest in achieving this goal....
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