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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1354 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 723 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Nick Collins |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to hospital bad debts, claim denials and prompt payments. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Nick CollinsFirst Suffolk 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1354 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 723 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Collins, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 723) of Nick Collins for legislation |
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| 19 | 19 | | relative to hospital bad debts, claim denials and prompt payments. Health Care Financing. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act relative to hospital bad debts, claim denials and prompt payments. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 Section 8(a) of Chapter 12C of the General Laws is amended by adding the following |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2sentence after the first sentence thereof: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 The center shall collect from each hospital its annual bad debt in total and broken down |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4by the payer that insured the patient (including all commercial payers, government payers, and |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5bad debt arising from services rendered to self-pay / uninsured patients); the claim denial rate by |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6each commercial and government payer along with the annual dollar value of denied claims by |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7payer; and an aged accounts receivable report by payer, and the center shall publish an annual |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8report disclosing such data by hospital. |
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