MedPAC Gives Initial Approval to Freeze FY2015 Hospice Payments – Inclusion of Hospice Under Medicare Advantage

At its December meeting, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) gave preliminary approval to inclusion of two recommendations directly related to hospice as part of its anticipated March 2014 report to Congress: Inclusion of hospice as part of the benefits package under private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans (see NAHC Report, Nov. 19, 2013); and A…