Rather than lose Medicaid payments due to state budget cuts, Arizona hospitals want to assess a $300 million bed tax on themselves, according to a Arizona Republic report.
A proposal from the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association calls for a one-year assessment on hospitals based on the number of days patients are admitted. The association estimates that hospitals would lose more than $500 million in payments if Medicaid cuts were made.
The bed tax would raise $300 million over one-year, and one-third of it would be returned to hospitals to ensure provider rates do not increase.
Read the Arizona Republic report on Arizona hospitals' proposed bed tax.
Read more about hospitals and healthcare in Arizona:
- Arizona Hospitals Consider Tax to Close Medicaid Shortfall
- Arizona to Ask for Medicaid Waiver to Reduce Eligibility
- Arizona's Mercy Gilbert Names Tim Bricker as CEO
A proposal from the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association calls for a one-year assessment on hospitals based on the number of days patients are admitted. The association estimates that hospitals would lose more than $500 million in payments if Medicaid cuts were made.
The bed tax would raise $300 million over one-year, and one-third of it would be returned to hospitals to ensure provider rates do not increase.
Read the Arizona Republic report on Arizona hospitals' proposed bed tax.
Read more about hospitals and healthcare in Arizona:
- Arizona Hospitals Consider Tax to Close Medicaid Shortfall
- Arizona to Ask for Medicaid Waiver to Reduce Eligibility
- Arizona's Mercy Gilbert Names Tim Bricker as CEO