FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ Scrutiny could increase for nonprofit hospitals in Texas.
The state and the IRS will try to determine the true value of uncompensated care that the hospitals provide.
State Senator Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound) wants the hospitals to submit data about the care they provide and the way state and federal indigent-care reimbursement funds are spent.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports Nelson is behind legislation that created a work group to study and redefine charity-care terms.
The work group appointed by Texas legislators has devised a standard way of defining and calculating the cost of charity care.
Meanwhile, the IRS is beefing up requirements for nonprofit hospitals to report the cost of charity care they provide.