Calif.’s Nursing Homes Face Deep Medicare Payment Cuts
In early 2013, California's skilled nursing facilities could face Medicare payment cuts totaling $75.9 million -- the largest amount of cuts among all states -- if Congress fails to overcome an ongoing budget stalemate, according to a recent study commissioned by the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care. Those cuts would come on top of a state proposal to rescind a recent payment hike to close California's $16 billion budget deficit.
- "Cuts Loom for California Skilled Nursing Facilities" (Payers & Providers, 5/17).