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Hospice PA Change Set To Take Effect Oct. 1

Published on Fri Aug 17, 2018

PA provision should improve hospice access. It may not go as far as some hospices want, but the welcome Physician Assistant change in the 2019 hospice payment final rule will provide some relief for hospice providers and their patients. Old way: “The attending physician is defined as a doctor of medicine or osteopathy … or a nurse practitioner, and is [...]
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