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Why Framing These Hospices With A Fraud And Abuse Lens Isn’t Fair

Published on Fri May 05, 2023

Aggressive audits naturally reduce care, experts point out. In its proposed hospice payment rule for 2024, Medicare singles out hospices that don’t furnish upper-level care as potentially shady. But officials may not be considering the whole picture. Recap: In the rule published in the April 4 Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services highlights some historical statistics for [...]
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