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MedPAC Readies Hospice Rate Freeze Proposal For 2018

Published on Thu Dec 15, 2016

Advisory body predicts a 7.7 percent profit margin for 2017. Hospices won’t find any presents from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commissionunder their trees this year. In its Dec. 9 meeting, MedPAC Commissioners gave preliminary approval to a recommendation for a 0 percent payment update for hospices. That’s despite the fact that MedPAC predicts a 7.7 percent profit margin for hospices [...]
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