Kettering College Fights for Millions of Medicare Dollars

Kettering College says its students studying for careers in health care will see steep increases in tuition unless lawmakers pass legislation that would allow the school to keep Medicare money, which accounted for more than a third of its revenue last year.  In 2010, nursing colleges such as Kettering were ordered by their regional accrediting organization to break off from parent hospitals, essentially becoming their own entities. However, per federal law, leaving Kettering Health Network would cause the college to lose Medicare pass-through money, which accounted for more than $7 million of its $20 million in revenue last year.