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Hospice Payment Reform May Increase Methodology -- And Complexity -- Significantly
Published on Tue Feb 17, 2015 
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Certain routine days would pay more than $500 in one payment system iteration.
Exactly what hospice payment reform model Medicare officials will propose and exactly when they’ll propose it remains unknown, but you can get some clues to the upcoming change from a blueprint showcased in a recent Open Door Forum.
The model presented by Michael Plotzke of Medicare contractor Abt Associates features seven tiers for Routine Home Care rates alone:
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