Health; bad debts and underpayment for Medicare services; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and construction of hospitals and other health care facilities, so as to provide that bad debts and underpayment for Medicare services are not included as indigent and charity care for purposes of community benefit reports by hospital authorities; to remove hospital authorities' immunity from antitrust liability; to add requirements to the annual report from hospitals and other health care providers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.