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Number Of HHAs, Episodes Fell In 2016

Published on Fri Mar 23, 2018

Drop in agencies occurred in fraud-prone areas, MedPAC says. Law- and policymakers are basing their decisions on facts and figures the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission provides in its annual report to Congress. MedPAC's report contains these statistics about 2016: The number of home health agencies fell slightly by 1.2 percent to 12,204. "The decline in 2016 was concentrated in areas [...]
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