HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 931

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Fasano offered the following:

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13         Amendment to Amendment (333145) (with title amendment) 

14         On page 6, line 2, of the amendment

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17         Section 7.  The Department of Health's Volunteer Health

18  Care Provider Program, or its successor program, shall

19  coordinate with the Agency for Health Care Administration,

20  Florida Board of Medicine, the Florida Board of Osteopathic

21  Medicine, the Florida Medical Association, the Florida

22  Osteopathic Medical Association, the Florida Hospital

23  Association, the Association of Community Hospitals and Health

24  Systems of Florida, Inc., and the Florida League of Health

25  Care Systems to conduct a survey and produce for the

26  Legislature by December 31 of each calendar year a report

27  relative to uncompensated care for which the provider receives

28  no reimbursement and the Florida Medicaid program. The report

29  shall include: the dollar amount of uncompensated care for

30  which the physician receives no reimbursement provided by

31  physicians licensed pursuant to chapter 458 and chapter 459 by

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 931

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 1  medical specialty and by county; the dollar amount of

 2  uncompensated care for which the hospital receives no

 3  reimbursement provided by Florida hospitals licensed under

 4  chapter 395 by medical specialty and by county; the number of

 5  Medicaid physicians in the state by medical specialty and

 6  county, and the average number of encounters per physician.

 7  The results of the Medicaid provider survey shall be compared

 8  with the projected need for Medicaid services by specialty and

 9  county, as determined by the department. The report that is to

10  be filed on December 31, 2000, shall also include the

11  following information: a comparison of Florida Medicaid

12  reimbursement rates with Medicaid reimbursement rates for

13  other states; a comparison of Florida Medicaid reimbursement

14  rates with Medicare reimbursement rates; a comparison of

15  Florida Medicaid reimbursement rates with fee-for-service

16  rates; and a historical report on Florida Medicaid

17  reimbursement rates.

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19  (Renumber subsequent sections)

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23  And the title is amended as follows:

24         On page 7, line 12, after "repeal;" of the amendment

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27         requiring certain entities to conduct an annual

28         survey and produce an annual report on

29         uncompensated care;

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