AHA Decries Backdoor Budget Cuts To Services For Seniors, USA
Thursday, 3. May 2007
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed nearly $25 billion in cuts over five years to hospital payments for providing care to the elderly under Medicare, the American Hospital Association (AHA) said today. That figure was arrived at after a thorough analysis of a new 1,200-plus page rule from CMS, issued April 13. [click link for full article]