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Copay Threatens Home Health Again This Year

Published on Thu Feb 05, 2015

Obama administration also wants to ratchet down payments further. The newly released budget proposal from the Obama administration carries multiple dangers for home care providers, at a time when agencies cannot afford even a single budgetary setback. As in previous years, the 2016 budget plan calls for “a modest copayment for certain home health episodes,” according to the budget document [...]
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