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MedPAC's Cap Reduction Rec Is A Trade-Off For 3% Rate Cut

Influential advisory body wants Congress to cut hospice pay one way or another. If MedPAC gets its way, lawmakers will require Medicare to reduce the hospice aggregate cap amount by 20 percent and to freeze hospice payment rates for 2021. In its March report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission will include both recommendations in order to curb the [...]
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