With Rural Maternity Wards Closing, Lawmakers Hope Funding Will Help
Source
Northwest Public Broadcasting
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Date
Jun 28, 2024
Summary
Washington Senator Maria Cantwell cosponsored legislation aiming to increase rural hospitals' reimbursements through Medicaid, in order to help keep maternity wards open in rural Washington communities. The legislation would give rural hospitals and hospitals with a high percentage of births among Medicaid patients a 150% Medicaid reimbursement rate.
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Access · Closures of healthcare facilities and services · Funding · Hospitals · Maternal health and prenatal care · Maternal health workforce · Medicaid · Washington