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Final Rule Ups Hospice Rate Increase To 3.8% — But That’s Still Not Enough

Published on Fri Jul 29, 2022

What about high gas prices, the labor shortage, and COVID-related costs? There’s always some wiggle room between Medicare’s proposed and finalized rate updates, but this year the gap is especially wide — and for once, in hospices’ favor. Then: In its 2023 proposed hospice payment rule issued in April, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services floated a 2.7 percent [...]
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