Critical Access, Rural Emergency Hospital Leaders Meet With Lawmakers
Leaders representing more than a dozen of Missouri's critical access and rural emergency hospitals visited with lawmakers at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo., on April 10. The full group met with Speaker of the House Jon Patterson, R-Blue Springs, to advocate for legislation to reform insurers’ prior authorization systems.
The legislation would address delays and denials for providers who have a percentage of high percentage of prior authorization approvals upon appeal. In addition to their visit with Speaker Patterson, the hospital leaders met with their respective lawmakers in the Missouri House and Senate.
Learn more about our prior authorization advocacy and share your thoughts with lawmakers at MissouriHealthMatters.com.
Attending were leaders from the following hospitals.
- Cedar County Memorial Hospital in El Dorado Springs
- Community Hospital – Fairfax
- Excelsior Springs Hospital
- Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany
- Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe
- Hermann Area District Hospital
- Mercy Hospital Aurora
- Mercy Hospital Cassville
- Mercy St. Francis Hospital in Mountain View
- Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
- Parkland Health Center – Farmington
- Parkland Health Center – Bonne Terre
- Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield
- Pike County Memorial Hospital in Louisiana
- Ray County Hospital in Richmond
- Salem Memorial Hospital
- Samaritan Hospital in Macon
- Scotland County Hospital in Memphis
- Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan
- Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton
The Missouri Hospital Association is a nonprofit association in Jefferson City that represents 136 Missouri hospitals. In addition to representation and advocacy on behalf of its membership, the association offers continuing education programs on current health care topics and seeks to educate the public about health care issues.