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HH Nearly Only Sector With Spending Decrease

Published on Fri Jul 21, 2017

While policy- and lawmakers seem to be furiously throwing up roadblocks to home health growth via reimbursement reductions and regulatory barriers such as the face-to-face physician encounter requirement, the sector is one of the few healthcare types seeing reduced spending, according to a new study. “Between 1996-1997 and 2011-2012, the number of Americans using medical services was unchanged in many [...]
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