tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 14

Budget: Senate Proposes To Preserve Home Care Spending

But physician fix threatens home care reimbursement anyway.After a double whammy from President Bush and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission for 2007 payments, home care providers are finally seeing a positive legislative development.The Senate Budget Committee recently passed a budget proposal that includes no cuts for Medicare, Medicaid or other entitlement spending programs. The budget blueprint goes against President Bush's call for $65 billion in such cuts over the next five years, including more than $4 billion in home health agency and hospice reductions.The proposal "lets the Senate Finance Committee off the hook" for finding Medicare...

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