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MedPAC Throws Spotlight On ‘All-Time High’ Profit Margin To Justify 7% HH Rate Cut Rec

‘Medicare has always overpaid for home health services,’ advisory body insists in new report to Congress. If lawmakers listen to the influential Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, they risk “the collapse of the whole home health system.” So warns one industry veteran of the commission’s annual report to Congress released on the ides of March. Recap: As discussed in public meetings [...]
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