NON PROFIT HOSPITAL CHARITY CARE “OUT OF THE CLOSET” WITH PPACA?

 

 

Sen. Charles Grassley (R) Iowa, arranged to insert language in Section 9007 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health reform bill signed into law in March of 2010 that requires not for profit hospitals to adopt and disclose financial assistance policies for the medically underserved who are not covered by insurance. The American Hospital Association has long argued that mandatory charitable care disclosure policies are unnecessary and that the need can be met through voluntary disclosure procedures.