Stop the looming Medicare sequestration cuts, NASH asked in a message it sent to members of Congress on Tuesday, December 7.

The cuts – a resumption of the long-time two percent Medicare sequestration and an additional four percent sequestration cut necessitated by federal PAYGO rules – would pose a problem for community safety-net hospitals that still find themselves caring for significant numbers of COVID-19 patients amid rising costs, supply chain challenges, and rising personnel costs and labor shortages.

Go here to see NASH’s message to Congress.