Healthcare DIVE October 16, 2019
Dive Brief:
- Reductions in federal payments to hospitals will total $252.6 billion from 2010 through 2029, reflecting the cumulative impact of a series of legislative and regulatory actions, according to a new study from Dobson DaVanzo & Associates, a health economics and policy consulting firm.
- The American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals, which commissioned the study, denounced the impact of the payment reductions on hospitals’ financial health.
- The report quantified the cumulative impact of payment reductions mandated in 12 legislative acts and numerous regulatory changes from CMS to reach the total dollar amount, which included federal payments for inpatient and outpatient acute care, freestanding inpatient rehabilitation, long-term care hospitals, inpatient psychiatric units, hospital-based rehabilitation, skilled nursing...
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