tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 7

Hospitals: Beefed-Up Funding En Route To CAHs, Too

Rural providers get breathing room on beds, plus $900 million over next ten years.Good news for critical access hospitals.A much needed shot in the arm is on its way as part of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 signed in to law last December.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Jan. 22 unveiled new policies that will boost CAH funding for inpatient and outpatient services to Medicare beneficiaries by over 100 percent. CAHs can look forward to more flexibility for acute care services as the number of allowable acute beds has been...

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