Limited Service Hospitals
Hospitals are seeking to clarify public policy in Ohio to require all new hospitals in operation after Aug. 8, 2006, to maintain an emergency department 24 hours a day, seven days a week and maintain Medicare and Medicaid provider agreements.
During the past two sessions of the Ohio General Assembly, legislation was introduced proposing these requirements. Such requirements would ensure that all Ohio hospitals provide critical emergency health care to ohioans and make Ohio less of a target for new limited-service, specialty hospitals, which jeopardize the stability of Ohio's community hospitals.
Tell Your Local Legislators the Tax Hurts You
March 3, 2010:
OHA created templates letters for CEOs as well as hospital/health system employees to let local legislators know they are angry the hospital is paying a tax to the state when it could be using those funds to hire staff or expand the local economy. With a few simple clicks, the letters can be e-mailed or printed and mailed to local legislators.
View template letter from CEOs
View template letter from hospital/health system employee