MISSOURI HOSPITAL ASSOCATION

Health Issues

See Next Page for Narrative. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, provisions concerning the reduction of Medicare bad debt payments; H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, provisions concerning the extension of expiring Medicare payment streams to hospitals; H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, provisions concerning the reduction of Medicare physician fees due to the application of the sustainable growth rate formula; H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, provisions imposing reductions in Medicare payments to hospitals; The executive branchs proposed Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2013, provisions related to restrictions on state governments use of provider taxes to fund their Medicaid programs Occupational Safety and Health Administration policies regarding the reporting of complaints regarding hospital staffing; Matters relating to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction; Opportunities for hospitals to receive books from the Library of Congress through their congressional representatives; Provided updates to the staff of the congressional representative of a hospital that provided notice that it planned to cease its operations in the subsequent two weeks; Congressional request for Listing of critical access hospitals;

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