MedPAC Report Reviews Key Data, Issues in Hospice

As anticipated in previous reporting, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC’s) 2018 March Report to Congress makes recommendation that Congress provide for no annual percentage update to hospice payments for fiscal year (FY) 2019.  The recommendation, included in Chapter 12 of the report, is based on analysis of beneficiary access to care (including capacity/supply of providers…