Assemblyman Scott Wilk
Legislation by Assemblyman Scott Wilk that would better compensate hospitals for treating inmates cleared the Senate and Assembly and now awaits Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature.
The bill, AB 658, would allow providers of health care services to local law enforcement patients to calculate costs for care according to the most recent approved cost-to-charge ratio (CCR) from the Medicare program.
“AB 658 will fix a local issue that arose at a hospital in my district, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital,” said Wilk, R-Santa Clarita.
“Nonprofit community hospitals are already financially burdened and this measure will ease some costs by updating rates. Henry Mayo treats hundreds of inmates in their emergency department and this bill will ensure they receive appropriate payments for services,” Wilk said.
AB 658 is a technical fix to current law that will allow hospitals to receive adequate payments for services provided to inmates and gives local law enforcement the ability to approve, or not approve, a hospital’s request to use the Medicare and Medicaid Services cost-to-charge ratio when calculating a payment.
The 38th Assembly District encompasses Simi Valley, the northwestern section of the San Fernando Valley and most of the Santa Clarita Valley.
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