The Medicare Payment Advisory report last week argued that the federal government would have saved $ 11 billion by now if it had heeded repeated requests to freeze or freeze payments to skilled - nursing facilities , inpatient care centers , long - term acute - care hospitals and home health clinics . "
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission last week argued that the federal government could have saved $11 billion by now if it had heeded repeated proposals to cut or freeze payments to skilled-nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation centers, long-term acute-care hospitals and home health agencies."