Chief Healthcare Executive June 20, 2022
The American Hospital Association is pressing the government to stop additional sequester cuts slated to take place July 1.
Hospitals have already endured a cut in Medicare funding this spring, and they are facing another reduction July 1.
Health systems and hospitals are looking at another cut next month. Under federal law, automatic cuts take effect when lawmakers can’t come to an agreement on budgets for certain federal programs in the process known as sequestration. In April, a 1% cut in Medicare payments took place.
Beginning July 1, Medicare is slated to receive another 1% cut, unless Congress intervenes.
The American Hospital Association is pressing Congress to act and prevent another Medicare cut from happening. Stacey Hughes, AHA’s executive vice...
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