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Hospice Live Discharge Rates Decreased In 2014
Published on Thu Jan 28, 2016
Profit margins are also down, but that didn’t stop MedPAC from recommending a rate freeze. Take a look at the vital statistics that the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is citing for lawmakers when pushing for a pay cut: About 48 percent (1.3 million) of Medicare beneficiaries who died used hospice in 2014. That’s compared to 23 percent (534,000) in 2000. [...]