Senate Finance Committee Urged to Reject Home Health and Hospice Cuts

A Senate Dear Colleague letter was sent April 28 to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Minority Member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) urging them to reject the administration’s fiscal year (FY) 2009 budget legislative and regulatory proposals to cut Medicare home health and hospice payments (NAHC Report, Feb. 4). The letter – sent…