As the March 31 deadline for the Medi-care physician pay cut nears, home care providers are growing nervous.
The Senate and House recently agreed on a so-called "doc fix" bill, but did not specify from where funds for the legislation would come. "The threat of finding offsets to pay for the SGR fix could jeopardize access to home health and hospice services if negotiators propose home health or hospice payment cuts or copays to pay for the SGR in the bill’s final version," warns the National Association for Home Care & Hospice.