Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Notes:

Don't Count Out Copays

Beneficiaries need an incentive to decline care, GAO says. The perennial money-raising proposal for lawmakers - home health copayments - may not have been raised in the most recent budget actions. But don't expect that to last. The idea is still a popular one for both trim- ming Medicare spending and combatting waste, fraud and abuse, says the Government Account- ability [...]
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