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Falling Payment, Utilization, And Margins Not Enough, MedPAC Insists

Published on Fri Apr 01, 2016

MedPAC profit margin claims based on faulty cost reporting system, audits, experts charge. You can’t draw blood from a stone, but the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission thinks Medicare should try when it comes to home health agency payments. In its annual report to Congress, the influential advisory body admits that after years of rate freezes and rebasing cuts, key factors [...]
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