TITLE

BBA relief campaign: Time to get community involved

PUB. DATE
May 2000
SOURCE
AHA News;05/22/2000, Vol. 36 Issue 20, p6
SOURCE TYPE
Trade Publication
DOC. TYPE
Editorial
ABSTRACT
Editorial. Deals with the campaign of the American Hospital Association (AHA) to involve communities in the United States to drive the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) relief from the Medicare and Medicaid fund cuts of BBA. Petition pack given by AHA to hospital chief executive officers; Advocacy efforts of hospital trustees in Massachusetts.
ACCESSION #
3264309

Tags: AMERICAN Hospital Association;  MEDICAID -- Finance;  MEDICARE -- Finance

 

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