{"title":"Hospice news","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/104990910302000602","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"According to a report in the September 30 Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will raise total payments for hospice services by 0.6 percent in 2004—a $24 million increase over fiscal year 2003. The new rates go into effect on October 1.The wage index is based on the most recent data for hospital wage scales and reflects local differences in pay levels as well as changes to the definitions of metropolitan statistical areas. In 1997, the CMS regulations were changed for hospices, implementing a new method for calculating the hospice wage index based on the recommendations of a negotiated rule-making committee. Updates to the wage-index rules were as follows:","PeriodicalId":7716,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®","volume":"99 8","pages":"411 - 413"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2003-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/104990910302000602","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
According to a report in the September 30 Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will raise total payments for hospice services by 0.6 percent in 2004—a $24 million increase over fiscal year 2003. The new rates go into effect on October 1.The wage index is based on the most recent data for hospital wage scales and reflects local differences in pay levels as well as changes to the definitions of metropolitan statistical areas. In 1997, the CMS regulations were changed for hospices, implementing a new method for calculating the hospice wage index based on the recommendations of a negotiated rule-making committee. Updates to the wage-index rules were as follows:
京公网安备 11010802042870号
京ICP备2023020795号-1
分享
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：
扫码关注我们
