Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
Medicaid Hospice Rates For 2021 Released In New Transmittal
Published on Fri Sep 18, 2020
Check out Medicaid’s fiscal year 2021 hospice payment rates in a three-page memo at www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/benefits/downloads/medicaid-hospice-rates-ffy-2021.pdf. Remember, wage index changes that apply to Medicare also affect Medicaid rates, including at a “1-year, 5 percent cap on wage index decreases for impacted counties for FY 2021,” the memo reminds hospices.
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Home Health & Hospice Week
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