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Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 29.11.1995

Medicare Program; Notice Containing the Statement Drafted by the Committee Established to Negotiate the Wage Index to be Used to Adjust Hospice Payment Rates Under Medicare

This notice provides the statement signed on April 13, 1995, by the Negotiating Committee on the Hospice Wage Index, concerning the index to be used to adjust Medicare payment rates for hospice services to reflect geographic differences in wages. The statement represents a consensus by the committee members, who represent different interests affected by the hospice rules. The notice also announces that a proposed rule establishing the revised hospice wage index, with a description of the methodology used to calculate the index, will be published in the spring of 1996. A new wage index is needed because the index currently applied is based on 1981 wage and employment data and has not been updated since 1983.

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