Social Security Report

Medicare Will Settle Short-Term Care Bills

Sharply criticized by Congress and others, Medicare quietly announced on Friday that it would settle hundreds of thousands of hospital appeals over bills for short-term care, by offering deals that could add up to several hundred million dollars. The decision is an effort by the government agency to end a protracted battle with thousands of hospitals over the amount they should receive for treating patients who stay just a day or two. So many hospitals have filed appeals with Medicare that a backlog now stretches for 18 months or more before the disputes are being resolved. The proposed settlement, which was quietly posted on the agency’s website late Friday afternoon before the holiday weekend, represents a considerable concession by Medicare….Read More

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