California's Blood Centers Applaud Legislators for Addressing Statewide Reimbursement Crisis.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 1999-- Senate Health and Human Services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Committee Hears Testimony Regarding Insufficient Funding and Its Impact on the State's Blood Supply The Blood Centers of California commended the State Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Wednesday for convening an informational hearing to address inadequate reimbursement Reimbursement Payment made to someone for out-of-pocket expenses has incurred. to California's blood centers for government mandated safety procedures. The committee, chaired by Senator Marta Escutia (D-Los Angeles), heard testimony from blood center officials, blood patients, donors, hospitals and doctors statewide about the reimbursement crisis and the potential implications of allowing the blood centers to continue to operate with insufficient funding. "I applaud the State Senate Health and Human Services Committee for recognizing the importance of inadequate reimbursement and the detrimental impact it is having on blood centers across the state," said Cathy Bryan, spokesperson for BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) The field in an e-mail header that names additional recipients for the message. It is similar to carbon copy (cc), but the names do not appear in the recipient's message. Not all e-mail systems support the bcc feature. See fcc. . "The failure to create an appropriate cost recovery mechanism could jeopardize jeop·ard·ize tr.v. jeop·ard·ized, jeop·ard·iz·ing, jeop·ard·izes To expose to loss or injury; imperil. See Synonyms at endanger. California's blood supply." California's blood centers are currently operating at a financial loss equal to nearly $33 million in the last three years. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. BCC estimates, 14 of the 18 state blood centers are experiencing financial hardships because they are not receiving adequate reimbursement from HMOs and the state government for the services they are required to perform, including blood screening and testing. "Because blood centers are not fully reimbursed for the government mandated safety procedures, the additional expenses have been absorbed by the centers," Bryan said. "These expenses, in addition to already high operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales , have been draining resources that should be used to host blood drives, increase donor recruitment and safeguard blood supply." California's blood centers, Bryan said, are looking forward to working with state legislators to explore new ways to sufficiently reimburse re·im·burse tr.v. re·im·bursed, re·im·burs·ing, re·im·burs·es 1. To repay (money spent); refund. 2. To pay back or compensate (another party) for money spent or losses incurred. blood centers for complying with federally mandated safety procedures. |
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