Home Health & Hospice Week

Hospice:

Brace For Hospice Drug Coverage Burden Starting May 1

The good news is that Part D plans have to take your word for it on unrelatedness — for now. In a little over a month, you can expect a double whammy of significantly increased administrative burden and additional financial liability due to a new prior authorization requirement for hospice patients’ drugs unrelated to the terminal illness. The Centers for [...]
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