Meanings of uncompensated care in anglès

Expanding Medicaid would reduce the burden of uncompensated care, federal officials said.

By requiring everyone to obtain insurance, hospitals will have fewer cases of uncompensated care.

Ms Muña added that was what uncompensated care was for.

Obamacare will begin reducing payments to hospitals for uncompensated care for the poor next year.

One cause: hospitals are expected to have more uninsured patients, and Medicare pays for that uncompensated care.

He said that Arkansas hospitals have reported a steep drop in uncompensated care since the option took effect in 2013.

Often, uncompensated care occurred in places when people didn't have insurance and could not afford to pay the cost of care.

Hospitals expect Obamacare to bring them more paying patients and reduce the amount of uncompensated care they provide, but have not seen a surge yet.

The CHCC said it wanted to pay its bills, but it had been shouldering uncompensated care to the tune of around $US16 million a year.

Uncompensated care is health care or services provided by hospitals or health care providers that don't get reimbursed.