Congress Short On Time To Delay LTCH 25 Percent Rule Pay Cut

Although the House Ways & Means Committee on July 13 passed a bill again delaying the so-called 25 percent rule for long-term care hospitals, an analyst and hospital lobbyist say it is unlikely that LTCHs will get out from under the pay restriction in large part because Congress doesn't have much time to pass the legislation. The 25 percent rule cuts pay to LTCHs that receive at least 25 percent of their patients from a single acute-care hospital to keep...