Comment on Maine hospitals say supplemental budget cuts could cost them millions

Maine hospitals are expressing concerns about a reduction in reimbursements that’s included in Gov. Janet Mills proposed supplemental state budget. What appears to be a small cut will cost them millions of dollars in future years.At first glance, the $300,000 cut to payments hospitals receive for outpatient services does not seem too significant, but Jeff Austin of the Maine Hospital Association said the language continues the cut into future budgets. “It is a cut to hospital outpatient reimbursement.