Change in Profitability and Financial Distress of Critical Access Hospitals from Loss of Cost-Based Reimbursement
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Duration: approximately
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Speakers: Mark Holmes, PhD and George H. Pink, PhD
The President's Budget, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Office of the Inspector General have proposed:
- Reducing CAH payments from 101% to 100% of reasonable costs;
- Eliminating the CAH designation for hospitals that are less than 10 miles from the nearest hospital;
- Eliminating the CAH program altogether and converting all CAHs to PPS, and; Removing Necessary Provider CAHs' permanent exemption from the distance requirement.
The webinar presented summaries of three recent reports:
- Implications for Beneficiary Travel Time if Financially-Vulnerable Critical Access Hospitals Close
- Rural/Urban Differences in Inpatient Related Costs and Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries
- Change in Profitability and Financial Distress of Critical Access Hospitals from Loss of Cost-Based Reimbursement