Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Kentucky Hospital Association Files Lawsuit
KENTUCKY....
The Kentucky Hospital Association filed a lawsuit in federal court in Covington Wednesday, representing 29 small rural Kentucky hospitals, to try to stop the federal government from reducing payments to the facilities. The lawsuit says the federal agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid payments wants to cut a reimbursement that small hospitals have been getting, and the change would hurt the ability of small hospitals to provide care for low-income people. The hospitals at issue are designated as critical-access facilities, have 25 or fewer beds and are in rural areas. The lawsuit says the intent of Congress was to make sure such facilities could stay afloat so people in rural areas would have access to in-patient services. The suit lists 29 such facilities across the state, including hospitals in Woodford, Casey, Cumberland, Lincoln, Knox, Morgan, Owen, Nicholas, Russell, Estill, Leslie, Floyd, Madison, Grant, Mercer and Wayne counties.
The Kentucky Hospital Association filed a lawsuit in federal court in Covington Wednesday, representing 29 small rural Kentucky hospitals, to try to stop the federal government from reducing payments to the facilities. The lawsuit says the federal agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid payments wants to cut a reimbursement that small hospitals have been getting, and the change would hurt the ability of small hospitals to provide care for low-income people. The hospitals at issue are designated as critical-access facilities, have 25 or fewer beds and are in rural areas. The lawsuit says the intent of Congress was to make sure such facilities could stay afloat so people in rural areas would have access to in-patient services. The suit lists 29 such facilities across the state, including hospitals in Woodford, Casey, Cumberland, Lincoln, Knox, Morgan, Owen, Nicholas, Russell, Estill, Leslie, Floyd, Madison, Grant, Mercer and Wayne counties.
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