Home Health & Hospice Week

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OIG Urges Prorated DRG When Patients Go To Hospice

Referrals to hospice from the hospital may become more scarce, if legislators listen to a suggestion from the HHS Office of Inspector General. Medicare should implement a hospital transfer payment policy for early discharges to hospice care, OIG Deputy of Inspector General for Audit Services, Gloria Jarmon, told the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health in its [...]
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