In early 2013, California's skilled nursing facilities could face Medicare  payment cuts totaling $75.9 million -- the largest amount of cuts among all  states -- if Congress fails to overcome an ongoing budget stalemate, according to a recent study commissioned by the Alliance for  Quality Nursing Home Care. Those cuts would come on top of a state proposal to rescind a recent payment hike to close  California's $16 billion budget deficit.

• "Cuts  Loom for California Skilled Nursing Facilities" (Payers &  Providers, 5/17).

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