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MedPAC Proposes Wrapping Hospice Into Medicare Advantage

Published on Fri Nov 22, 2013

Hospice patients’ exclusion from Medi-care Advantage plans is under scrutiny by the Med-icare Payment Advisory Commission. "The ra-tionale for the hospice carve-out from Medicare Advantage in not fully known," MedPAC staffer Kim Neuman said in the body’s Nov. 8 meeting. The exclusion may have been due to limited hospice utilization and data. "Does it make sense for MA plans to [...]
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