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CMS Releases Proposal for 2008 Wage Index for Hospice
May 15, 2007
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its proposed rule and update for the fiscal year 2008 hospice wage index. The index, updated annually, is used to adjust payment rates for hospice agencies under the Medicare program to reflect local differences in area wage levels. The proposed rule would set forth the hospice wage index FY 2008 and would also revise the methodology for updating the wage index for rural areas without hospital wage data and provide clarification of selected existing Medicare hospice regulations and policies. Comments will be taken through 5 pm on July 2, 2007. For more information, http://www.cms.hhs.gov/center/hospice.asp
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