Center For Medicare Advocacy Supports One-Year Freeze Of Medicare Rates For Skilled Nursing Facilities, USA

Implementing the recommendation of the non-partisan Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007, H.R. 3162, eliminates the update to Medicare payment rates for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year 2008. The Center for Medicare Advocacy supports this freeze, which will not jeopardize resident care.

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