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Policy Considerations for Defining Essential Health Systems
- A bipartisan bill would create a new designation for essential health systems based on patient mix and uncompensated care.
- The article states essential health systems represent about 17% of hospitals but provide nearly 70% of charity care.
- The policy brief analyzes how a new designation would relate to existing federal hospital designations.
- Experts review how an essential health system designation could better target resources to hospitals that need them most.
- The piece is authored by staff dedicated to producing high-quality, reliable health policy content.
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