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Hospital Readmissions Will Soar Under Prior Authorization Demo

SNF and rehab facility use would go up too. Medicare says reducing rehospitalizations is one of its highest priorities, but you can’t tell from a recent regulatory proposal to require prior authorization for home health. More than 325 parties filed comments in response to a Feb. 5 Federal Register notice in which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed [...]
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