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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2983 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1191
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Brandy Fluker Oakley
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relating to hospital bad debts, claims denials and prompt payments.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Brandy Fluker Oakley12th Suffolk1/19/2023Bud L. Williams11th Hampden1/20/2023Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth2/16/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2983 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1191
By Representative Fluker Oakley of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1191)
of Brandy Fluker Oakley, Bud L. Williams and Patrick Joseph Kearney relative to hospital bad
debt claims denials and prompt payments collected by the Center for Health Information and
Analysis. Health Care Financing.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relating to hospital bad debts, claims denials and prompt payments.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 8(a) of Chapter 12C of the General Laws is amended by adding the
2following sentence after the first sentence thereof:
3 The center shall collect from each hospital its annual bad debt in total and broken down
4by the payer that insured the patient, including all commercial payers, government payers, and
5bad debt arising from services rendered to self-pay and uninsured patients; the claim denial rate
6by each commercial and government payer along with the annual dollar value of denied claims
7by payer; and an aged accounts receivable report by payer, and the center shall publish an annual
8report disclosing such data by hospital.