CMS has extended (pdf) through October 2013 the Medicare-Dependent Hospital Program for rural hospitals, as well as payment increases to low-volume hospitals prescribed by the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. The move will retroactively apply boosted payments, previously scheduled to end October 2012, to hospitals with 1,600 Medicare discharges or fewer, and to rural hospitals with fewer than 100 beds and a certain majority of Medicare-covered inpatient days and discharges.
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