tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 12

HOSPICE : Higher Hospice Payment Rates Arrived on April 3 -- Are You Prepared?

Keep in mind: Big cuts still lie ahead for the hospice industry in the coming years, CMS warns. Hospices should finally begin seeing payment relief based on the stimulus bill that President Obama signed last month. CMS and its contractors have made the necessary payment system updates and hospices will begin receiving payments without the budget neutrality adjustment factor (BNAF) cuts to wage index April 3,CMSs Lori Anderson said at the National Association for Home Care & Hospices March on Washington meeting on March 23. As required by the law, CMS has restored the hospice wage index to...

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