Richer Medicare Payments For Rural Hospitals Could Come At Urban Centers’ Expense

(By Sarah Jane Tribble for NPR)

As rural hospital closures roil the country, some states are banking on a rescue from a Trump administration proposal to change the way hospital payments are calculated.

The goal of the proposal, unveiled by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma in April, is to bump up Medicare’s reimbursements to rural hospitals, some of which receive the lowest rates in the nation.  Continue reading article here…

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