- Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Bernie Sanders, unveiled a legislative package Wednesday with billions in funding for community health centers and training of primary care doctors and other clinicians. The Primary Care and Health Workforce Expansion Act has already drawn condemnation from the committee’s Republican leadership, who said the legislation contains “irresponsible” increases in funding. It also drew a swift rebuke from the American Hospital Association for a provision prohibiting so-called “site-neutral billing” practices that forbid hospitals from adding additional charges for care services delivered at one of their outpatient settings. (Article here)
July 31, 2023
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