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Industry Protests Institutional/Community Case Mix Element

Published on Fri Nov 16, 2018

Warning: ED visits and observational stays do not count. Home health agencies gave Medicare officials an earful in their comments on the proposed HH PPS rule, but most of it failed to make a difference in the newly released final rule. One exception: “Several commenters suggested the inclusion of inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) stays in the institutional category for the [...]
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