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Obama Budget Proposal Calls For Hospice Cuts

Published on Fri Feb 12, 2016

Hospice-specific market basket needed, according to proposal. In an unwelcome switch for hospice providers, the rate of proposed cuts for Medicare hospice payment outstrip those for home health agencies in the Obama administration’s 2017 budget proposal. But they would be over quicker. President Obama issued his last budget proposal on Feb. 9, and it calls for a 1.7 percent reduction [...]
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