October 18th, 2011
From Politico.com:
“Hospice faces about $7 billion in Medicare payment reductions over a decade under the health care reform law. On top of that, the summer’s debt reduction deal will trigger a 2 percent cut in 2013 — unless the deficit supercommittee reaches its own agreement.
The Affordable Care Act requires the Department of Health and Human Services to review — and allows it to revamp — payments to hospice. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, among others, has already weighed in with alternatives either calibrated to how long a patient receives hospice care or tied to the place of care — whether it’s at home or in a nursing home.”
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