Advanced Search

Home Health & Hospice Week

Hospice:

Is A 20% Cut To The Hospice Cap On The Horizon?

Published on Fri Nov 08, 2019

Reduction would disproportionately affect for-profit, freestanding hospices. If you butt up against your hospice cap, that struggle may get even harder in the future. Why? Both the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee and the HHS Office of Inspector General are putting the hospice aggregate cap under the microscope, and the eventual result could be a much lower cap amount. MedPAC took [...]
You’ve reached your limit of free articles. Already a subscriber? Log in.
Not a subscriber? Subscribe today to continue reading this article. Plus, you’ll get:
  • Simple explanations of current healthcare regulations and payer programs
  • Real-world reporting scenarios solved by our expert coders
  • Industry news, such as MAC and RAC activities, the OIG Work Plan, and CERT reports
  • Instant access to every article ever published in your eNewsletter
  • 6 annual AAPC-approved CEUs*
  • The latest updates for CPT®, ICD-10-CM, HCPCS Level II, NCCI edits, modifiers, compliance, technology, practice management, and more
*CEUs available with select eNewsletters.

Other Articles in this issue of

Home Health & Hospice Week

View All