Colorado’s hospitals take patients of all types — even those who can’t pay their bills. The hospital provider fee program is designed to help hospitals reduce the amount of uncompensated care from indigent patients and those paying with Medicaid. Here’s how it works: The hospitals pay fees to the state based on the number inpatient days and outpatient hospital charges.
How Colorado’s Hospital Provider Fee Works
Greg Griffin, Denver Post: Politics
Sat, 04/22/2017 - 11:01pm
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