Medicare Funding Cuts Would Hit Fresno, Rural Hospitals Hardest

David Westphal — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:13:10 +0000

CHCF Center for Health Reporting

Already reeling from big cutbacks in Medicare funding, hospitals in the Fresno area would lose another 5.4 percent of their federal reimbursement under a new analysis ordered by Congress.

Rural areas of California would be hit hardest under the Institute of Medicine study, which would pare Medicare payments to the state’s hospitals by an average 3-4 percent.

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Medicare Funding Cuts Would Hit Fresno, Rural Hospitals Hardest