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Hospice Cap News Is Both Good And Bad In Year-End Budget Package

MedPAC’s 20% cap cut suggestion didn’t make it in, much to providers’ relief. Hospices’ aggregate per patient cap situation isn’t perfect, but at least it’s not a whole lot worse after Congress passed its omnibus spending bill that funds the government through Sept. 30. Word had circulated that lawmakers were looking at using a 20 percent reduction to hospices’ cap [...]
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