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MedPAC Hangs Budget Ax Over Hospices' Heads

Published on Thu Dec 17, 2015

Commission’s 0% recommendation for 2017 illustrates cost reports’ importance. In addition to payment reform’s individual impacts, hospices are likely going to have to contend with less reimbursement overall in 2017. In its December meeting, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission members agreed to include a recommendation that Medicare give no payment increase to hospices in fiscal year 2017, which starts in October [...]
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