Home Health & Hospice Week

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Hospice SFP Program Plows Ahead

Stay tuned to next year’s rule for details. Medicare’s willingness to engage in a Technical Expert Panel process for the forthcoming “Special Focus Program” targeting poor-performing hospices for increased survey scrutiny is heartening. But observers worry CMS may be willing to throw SFP concerns to the side in its haste to implement the program. Reminder: After scathing reports from the [...]
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