New Medicare Cuts in CMS Final Rule a Clear and Present Danger to SNF Sector Stability, Quality Patient Care, Local Jobs

2011 AUG 15 -- Saying the nation's Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) sector has contributed significantly to advancing health care reform and deficit reduction in the face of severe state Medicaid funding pressures and other major budgetary challenges, the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care today expressed alarm about the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) newly-published Final Rule ["Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2012"], and said it will dangerously destabilize the nation's second largest health facility employer, place patients and their care at deep risk, and put tens of thousands of health jobs in...

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