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Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 10, 2015

A $2.2 billion pot of money that Florida uses to help reimburse hospitals for treating the poor as well as to train physicians expires at the end of June and won’t be extended, a high-ranking federal official said in Orlando on Tuesday. “There’s not going to be an extension of LIP this year,” Eliot Fishman […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 10, 2015

A $2.2 billion pot of money that Florida uses to help reimburse hospitals for treating the poor as well as to train physicians expires at the end of June and won’t be extended, a high-ranking federal official said in Orlando on Tuesday. “There’s not going to be an extension of LIP this year,” Eliot Fishman […]

Christine Jordan SextonJanuary 6, 2015

What charges are appropriate when insured patients appear in hospital emergency rooms? What if the hospital is under contract with the insurance company but not the doctors who work there–such as anesthesiologists -because they generally are never employees. An “all star” panel of health care industry experts discussed the issue with members of the Senate […]

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Federal government won't extend $2 billion in Low Income Pool funding

Federal government won’t extend $2 billion in Low Income Pool funding

Costs for emergency and out-of-network care eyed by Senate panel