Home Health & Hospice Week

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Hospice 2017 Pay Increase Improves Slightly To 2.1%

Pay raise will add an estimated $350 million to hospice payments next year. If you were hoping to see some changes to Medicare’s 2017 proposed payment rule for hospices, prepare to be disappointed. In the final rule released July 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services adopts the policies largely as proposed back in April (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. [...]
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