Home Health & Hospice Week

Reimbursement:

MedPAC Pushes For Copays, Lower HHA Reimbursement

HHA profit margins fall three years straight — with more to come. MedPAC’s report to Congress slamming home health agencies as overpaid, overutilizing fat cats couldn’t have come at a worse time. Why? Congress is hammering out so-called “doc fix” legislation to avert a Medicare reimbursement nosedive for physicians on April 1, and that package will require a funding source. [...]
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