CMS issues final FY 2016 payment rule for hospice providers
Homecare E-News, August 3, 2015
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CMS issued a final rule last Friday that will bump up aggregate Medicare payments to hospice providers in fiscal year (FY) 2016 by an estimated 1.1% ($160 million)—a slight dip from the 1.3% increase initially proposed in April.
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