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MedPAC Pushes For 5% HHA Pay Cut

Profit margin fluctuation may give you whiplash. With all the political changes sweeping Washington, D.C., will this be the year Congress listens to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and cuts home health agency rates even further? In its annual report to Congress issued this month, MedPAC recommends that Congress “reduce home health payment rates by 5 percent in 2018 and [...]
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