NC Senate aims to curb Medicaid costs and allow more insight into hospital charges

By: Lynn Bonner

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: April 30, 2026

Words: 435

Last Updated: 3 months ago

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A state Senate committee advanced a bill Thursday that would limit the fees hospitals can charge Medicaid for outpatient care.

House Bill 727 would prevent hospitals tacking extra fees, called facility fees, to Medicaid bills when patients are treated outside some hospital settings.

To charge a facility fee under the bill, hospital systems will have to have treated patients in a main hospital or nearby building, a building with an emergency department, or …

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