• 1 Reimbursement: Medicare Payment Rates To Inch Up 1% In 2014 -- Before Sequestration

• 2 Payment: Check Out Your New Hospice Wage Index

• 3 Diagnosis Coding: Medicare System To Kick Back Failure To Thrive, Debility Claims Beginning In Fall 2014

• 4 Regulations: Get Ready To Report This New Data Set Next Summer

• 5 Referrals: Scrutiny May Squeeze Referrals

• 6 Hospice News: Surveys To Happen More Often If OIG Gets Its Way

• 7 Hospice News: Hospice Spending Slows, CBO Says

• 8 Hospice News: Drug Reporting May Weigh Heavily On Hospices

• 9 Hospice News: NIH-Funded Study Evaluates Palliative Home Care For HIV Patients