The bill would also extend for six months the temporary increase in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for individual states and ensure physicians in hospital-owned outpatient facilities qualify for health information technology incentives included in the ARRA, according to the report.
The bill will now move to the House for consideration.
Read AHA News Now’s report on the jobs bill.
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