MedPAC Gives Preliminary ‘OK’ to 1 Percent Hospice Update for 2012

Yesterday the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) met to discuss preliminary recommendations to Congress on Medicare payments for 2012 to be included in the panel’s March 2011 Report to Congress. For hospice providers, MedPAC commissioners gave preliminary approval to a 1 percent market basket update for fiscal year (FY) 2012. Commissioners approved identical update recommendations…