Bush Administration Acknowledges Proposed Medicaid Rule Would Reduce Funding For Rural Hospitals, Nursing Homes

CMS on Friday made public a proposed rule under which state Medicaid reimbursements to health care providers operated by local governments could not exceed actual costs, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports. Under the rule, health care providers, rather than state and local governments, would have to receive all Medicaid reimbursements to which they are entitled.

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