Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
MedPAC Finalizes Cut Recs
Published on Fri Jan 25, 2019
As expected, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has voted to recommend a 2 percent payment reduction for hospices and a 5 percent pay cut for home health agencies in 2020. MedPAC approved the measures in a Jan. 17 meeting in Washington, D.C. The influential advisory body to Congress discussed the cut recommendations in a December meeting (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXVII, No. 45). The recommendations will appear in MedPAC’s annual March report to Congress.
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Home Health & Hospice Week
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