Dauby Testifies before House and Senate Human Services Committee
On Tuesday, March 2, 2010 Hamilton Memorial Hospital District, CEO, Randall W. Dauby, Bradley D. Futrell, COO, Kent Mitchell, CFO, HMHD Board members Randy Kirsch, Bill Reed, HMHD Dietary Director Debra Knight, Laboratory Director, Mark McDaniel and wife Rhonda travelled to Springfield, Illinois to join up with over 100 Illinois Critical Access Hospital representatives to support Senator Gary Forby in his effort to assist Critical Access Hopsitals (CAH) in obtaining payment "at cost" for medicaid hospital outpatient services. For the full story go to
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_58d262b6-2745-11df-b997-001cc4c03286.html
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More than 100 Critical Access Hospital leaders and supporters were at the State Capitol March 2 and 3 for IHA Lobby Days in support of HB5765 and SB3264, bills that would require Medicaid reimbursement to CAHs for outpatient services based on cost. The result: the Senate Human Services Committee approved SB3264 on an 8-1 vote and the House Human Services Committee passed out HB5765 on a 7-0 vote.
Randall W. Dauby, CEO, Hamilton Memorial Hospital, McLeansboro, testified to the committees that the bills are vital for rural health care and the local economies of many communities: “The 51 Critical Access Hospitals in Illinois not only provide critical and necessary health care services, they also provide jobs for their local communities, which in turn means state revenues from those jobs.”
IHA President Maryjane Wurth told the House Human Services Committee that CAHs in Illinois are financially vulnerable because they receive such low Medicaid reimbursements – on average, only 41% of what it costs to deliver Medicaid services. “Critical Access Hospitals are the anchor for the rural health care delivery system,” she said. “House Bill 5765 will stabilize rural health care across large areas of Illinois.”
In addition, IHA and several CAH leaders met with the Governor’s top adviser on health care issues to discuss the critical need for the legislation.
With HB5765 and SB3264 headed to the floor of the General Assembly, continue to ask your legislators who have not signed on as co-sponsors to do so, and thank those legislators who have for their support. To send an email to your state legislators, click here.
See additional coverage by the Benton Evening News
http://www.bentoneveningnews.com/news/x1483435415/Supporters-take-case-for-reimbursement-to-legislators
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