Rural Kansas hospital chief urges Medicare reform
Joseph Engelk en, administrator of Community Hospital in Onaga, Kansas, told the House Ways and Means Committee that Medicare’s prospective payment system undercuts rural hospitals. He and Rep. Jim Slattery urged ending the rural payment gap and allowing some hospitals to switch to cost-based reimbursement to preserve rural health care access and jobs.
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Car Bomb Kills Sunni Leader in Beirut
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