A rural Nebraska hospital administrator told the House Ways and Means Committee, federal regulations threaten the financial stability of rural hospitals.
Brown County Hospital CEO Shannon Sorensen testified in Washington that federal rules have overly burdened her hospital in Ainsworth.
Sorensen says the federal rule that limits Medicare and Medicaid patients to a 96-hour stay in the hospital interferes with patient care. . .
Sorensen says new rules proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services stretch the resources of rural hospitals to the breaking point. . .
Sorensen backs legislation by Congressman Adrian Smith that would provide flexibility in the federal rules, easing the burden on hospitals serving rural America.
