42 U.S.C. § 300d–46 — Definition

submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 111-148 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 50 words · no verdicts yet

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In this part, "uncompensated care costs" means the unreimbursed costs of treating self-pay, charity, or Medicaid patients for emergency and trauma care. This is measured without regard to payments under section 1396r–4, and it includes costs from hospital stays that follow the emergency treatment.

In this part, "uncompensated care costs" means the costs a trauma center does not get reimbursed for when treating self-pay, charity, or Medicaid patients. These costs are counted without regard to any payment made under section 1396r–4. They must relate to emergency care and trauma care, and they include costs from hospital admissions that follow that care.

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In this part, the term “uncompensated care costs” means unreimbursed costs from serving self-pay, charity, or Medicaid patients, without regard to payment under section 1396r–4 of this title, all of which are attributable to emergency care and trauma care, including costs related to subsequent inpatient admissions to the hospital.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XII, § 1246, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title III, § 3505(a)(6), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 525.)

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1944Enacted · Pub. L. 111-148 · 124 Stat. 525

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