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Beware Big Wage Index Swings Starting Next Year

Published on Fri May 08, 2015

Plus: Cap changes are in the works. With major payment reform taking center stage in the 2016 hospice rule, don’t overlook other rule provisions that may greatly affect your pay. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to transition hospices to the new CBSA designations for wage index starting in 2016, it says in the rule. The first year [...]
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