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MedPAC Finalizes Cut Recs

Published on Fri Jan 25, 2019

As expected, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has voted to recommend a 2 percent payment reduction for hospices and a 5 percent pay cut for home health agencies in 2020. MedPAC approved the measures in a Jan. 17 meeting in Washington, D.C. The influential advisory body to Congress discussed the cut recommendations in a December meeting (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. [...]
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