Safety-Net Facilities Expect To Take Hit Under Reform
Hospital officials across the state believe that health care reform's cost-reduction efforts may harm the bottom lines of facilities that primarily serve low-income and elderly patients. Officials at safety-net facilities anticipate that billions of dollars in reimbursement funding will be cut from Medicare and Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program, and that a larger insured population will not make up for reduced government payments.
- "Valley's 'Safety-Net' Hospitals Brace for Fiscal Pain" (Anderson, Fresno Bee, 7/24).