The Outpatient Payment Rate Debate: What Lower Reimbursement Would Mean for Hospitals

Alvin Hoover, CEO of King’s Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven, Miss., says his hospital faces a number of fiscal challenges as a rural provider. Bad debt is in the 8 percent to 9 percent range, and last year the hospital delivered about $12 million of uncompensated care.

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