Archive for Local Coverage Determinations
Aug
24
Who Fact-Checked MedPAC Staff’s Hospice Analysis?
Posted by: | CommentsMedPAC staff’s shoddy hospice analysis is misleading MedPAC Commissioners and healthcare policy; it also misses reform opportunities that would improve patient access and save money. Read More→
Jul
13
Open Letter to MedPAC
Posted by: | CommentsDear MedPAC:
You’re missing opportunities to improve hospice access, reform the cap and save $billions; instead, you’re giving Vitas a $100 million profit windfall Read More→
Mar
30
Hospice Cap Crisis – Why are more and more hospices hitting the Cap?
Posted by: | CommentsHospice is the only Medicare benefit in which Congress has promised eligible beneficiaries unlimited care, but Medicare arbitrarily and retrospectively refuses to pay providers for those services. The result is the Hospice Cap Crisis, which is harming terminally ill Medicare beneficiaries, independent hospices and Medicare’s end-of-life care quality and costs. Read More→
