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Partners In Care Sets Sights on Service Diversificaton, Hospice-Pharmacy Partnership

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The Oregon-based hospice, palliative care and home health provider recently celebrated the 45th anniversary of its founding, which preceded the establishment of the Medicare Hospice Benefit. A 35-year health care veteran, Hagfors has led Partners In Care for more than two years. How do you tackle that problem?

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NHPCO Comments on MedPAC’s Hospice Deliberations

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On the other hand, NHPCO is disappointed by MedPAC’s recommendation to Congress that hospice reimbursement rates for patient care should not be updated in 2025, although by law hospice payment rates are pegged to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) inpatient hospital market basket rate.

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