AHA Asks MedPAC to Consider Sequestration Impact for 2015

In December, MedPAC officials said it will not consider sequestration for Medicare payment update recommendations until fiscal year 2016, noting that sequestration is a “short-term” impact. Sequestration went into effect last April, resulting in an automatic, annual 2 percent cut to Medicare payments for hospitals for the next decade.

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In a letter to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, the American Hospital Association has advocated that the impact of sequestration should be factored into Medicare’s inpatient payments to hospitals for fiscal year 2015.

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