Official:Amending Chapter 19-3500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Hospital Assessments,” to revise provisions relating to hospital assessments; and authorizing the Department of Public Health to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Commonwealth, Department of Human Services, relating to such hospital assessments; all under certain terms and conditions
Sponsor: Councilmember Blackwell
Introduced: May 23, 2019
Signed: June 20, 2019
: Committee on Finance
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill amends Philadelphia's code to revise hospital assessments and authorizes an intergovernmental agreement between the City of Philadelphia, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the Department of Human Services. The changes aim to update the definition of 'High Volume Medicaid Hospital' and clarify the calculation of 'Net Operating Patient Revenue'.
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