Support WBURMedicare To Cut Payments To Nursing Homes Whose Patients End Up Back In The HospitalJordan RauDecember 01, 2018 ShareMedicare's new program will alter a year's worth of payments to 14,959 skilled nursing facilities across the U.S., based on how often in the past fiscal year their residents ended up back in hospitals within 30 days of leaving. (Getty Images)