Rural Hospitals Call For Reduced Regulation, Fewer Medicare Cuts

The American Hospital Association (AHA), in a report Monday (Feb. 4), called on CMS and Congress to reduce regulations facing rural hospitals and back away from Medicare cuts -- calls echoed by rural health advocates at the National Rural Health Association’s (NRHA) Policy Institute Tuesday (Feb. 5). Medicare cuts. Providers have long said Medicare and Medicaid don’t cover their costs to provide care, and AHA pointed to a 2018 report by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) that said...