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Referral-Limiting Transfer Policy Hits Hospices This Fall

Published on Fri Aug 17, 2018

Plus: OIG examines HH transfer policy. Activity is up around Medicare’s proration policy for patients who are discharged “early” from the hospital. For hospices, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 required early hospital discharges to hospice to be paid at a per diem daily rate in lieu of the full diagnosis-related group (DRG) rate beginning Oct. 1. (see Eli’s HCW, [...]
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