I-Rural View: Impact Of Medicare Shortfall?

4/24/02


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Table of Contents

I-Rural View: Impact Of Medicare Shortfall?

Brief Introduction Of RWHC

Shortfall: Legacy Of Anti-Pork Tradition

Shortfall: WI Urban Bad, WI Rural In Cellar

$1 Billion Annual Wisconsin Medicare Shortfall

Impact Of Medicare Shortfall Hits Us All

Rural Health = Major Local Economic Impact

Cost Shift Hitting Rural Private Payers Harder

Medicare Wage Index Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Chronic Shortfall Undermines Infrastructure

RWHC Bottom Lines Increasingly Negative

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II-Rural View: Solutions To Medicare Shortfall?

Proposals To Improve Rural Medicare Payments

Recap: Medicare Failing Small Rural Hospitals

Critical Access Hospital Program (CAH) Helping

Rural Shortfall Result Of Ongoing Biases

Rural Community Hospital Assistance Act (RCH)

1st: Focus Update To Existing CAH Program

2nd: Focus Rural Hospitals > CAH & < 50 Beds

Changes Effecting Other Hospitals អ Beds

Cost Of A Targeted Rural Solution

Wisconsin Leadership Can Make A Difference

Author: Tim Size

Email: timsize@rwhc.com

Home Page: http://www.rwhc.com