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MedPAC Report Urges Congress To Cut Home Health Pay By 5%

Expect 14.4 percent profit margin for 2018. Home health agencies would see cuts on top of cuts, if Congress heeds an influential advisory body. As it voted in meetings earlier this year, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission urges lawmakers to cut home health agencies' Medicare payment rates by 5 percent in 2019. And MedPAC wants Congress to rebase Home Health [...]
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