tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 15

Hospitals: Relief Arrives For Rural And Small Hospitals

Reform bill ushers in $12 billion over the next decade. Financially struggling hospitals in rural areas and urban sites that serve a population of fewer than 1 million got a morale boost from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services March 31. Starting with discharges on or after April 1, 2004, the Medicare reform bill will officially be walking the walk when it comes to improved disproportionate share reimbursement. CMS announced that $12 billion has been earmarked for better pay over the next ten years, effectively decreasing the outlier threshold for extra payments in unusually costly cases from...

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