Texas to Investigate Nonprofit Hospitals’ Costs
January 26, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
Texas legislators are asking nonprofit hospitals in the state to submit audited data about the care they provide and the way state and federal money is spent to determine the true value of hospital care, according to Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
State Sen. Jane Nelson, a Republican who has supported the inquiry, said in a statement, “We need to be reimbursing our hospitals fairly for the uncompensated care they provide. But we also have a responsibility to the taxpayer, which means more transparency and consistency is needed.”
Hospital leaders have objected to the way that the legislature is defining and calculating the cost of charity care and say it is inconsistent with current state laws.
