Penrose Shifting Medicare Patients ; Thousands of Seniors to Move to Peak Vista

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Citing funding problems and low Medicare reimbursement rates, Penrose-St. Francis said Monday that primary care services for more than 2,200 seniors will be shifted to Peak Vista Community Health Centers.

Rick O'Connell, president and CEO of Penrose-St. Francis Health Services, said money had run out for the program and that the solution to move primary care services came from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the federal agency that administers Medicare.

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Penrose Shifting Medicare Patients ; Thousands of Seniors to Move to Peak Vista

Peak Vista gets "preferential reimbursement" because it's a federally qualified health center, O'Connell said. In other words, it gets paid more ...

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