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Medicare Cost-Sharing Increases

Published on Fri Nov 18, 2016

Your patients will pay more for their nonhome care services in 2017. CMS announced a Part B premium increase to about $109.00, compared to $104.90 for the past four years, for about 70 percent of Medicare beneficiaries. That’s due to a low 0.3 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security benefits that means a “hold harmless provision” kicks in for [...]
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