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Physician Payment Proposal Could Affect Hospice Utilization

Published on Fri Jul 17, 2015

Medicare signals it’s ready to support advance care planning. Medicare appears ready to put its money where its mouth is when it comes to end-of-life services and physicians. In its proposed rule for the 2016 physician fee schedule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services aims to “make advance care planning services a separately payable service under Medicare,” the agency [...]
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