Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Notes:

Sequestration Plagues Hospice Cap Calculations

Hospices wondering whether to include sequestration funds in their aggregate cap calculations are still up in the air. Cap calculations and any resulting overpayment amounts are due March 31 (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXIV, No. 5). But a spreadsheet and instructions from CMS have been delayed “because the Department of Health & Human Services (CMS) has under legal review consideration [...]
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