Robin Hood To Rescue Of Rural Hospitals? New Math Promised On Medicare Payments

(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News)

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

The goal of the proposal, unveiled by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma last month, 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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