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		<title>Health Care Update: Senate Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act Diminishes Regulatory Relief for LTACHs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled the long-awaited Senate health care bill, titled the “Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act,” yesterday evening.  The bill contains a number of provisions that would impact LTACHs, including: a 1 year extension of MMSEA's LTACH payment protection and LTACH development and bed expansion provisions; a provision that would require LTACHs to submit quality reporting data to CMS beginning in the 2014 rate year; a provision requiring CMS to conduct a study on expanding its healthcare acquired conditions policy to payments made to LTACHs and other healthcare providers; and LTACHs would also be included in a national pilot program on payment bundling.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) unveiled the long-awaited Senate health care bill, titled the “Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act,” yesterday evening.  In a news conference held to announce the bill, Sen. Reid said that the bill embodied the Precquisident’s health care goals, calling it a “tremendous step forward.”  The bill would cost $848 billion and would reduce budget deficits by $130 billion over ten years, according to the recently released Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score. <a href='http://greisguide.com/2009/11/19/health-care-update-senate-unveils-patient-protection-and-affordable-health-care-act/' rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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