Home Health & Hospice Week

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MAC Ups Number Of Medical Review Targets

Palmetto adds ‘live discharges’ to its hit list. Hospices aren’t just taking a beating in the popular press for high rates of live discharges. Now their claims are under the microscope for that reason — at least at one contractor. In its most recent list of active medical review topics, Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA adds “Live Discharges” to its [...]
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