tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655334.post8405546200419800159..comments2010-01-20T21:20:28.937-08:00Comments on Hospice Blog: Medicare Officially Begins Hospice Rate Cut Attemp...Hospice Guynoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655334.post-18359876927441388222008-06-26T16:39:00.000-07:002008-06-26T16:39:00.000-07:00Hospice has always provided the very best care to ...Hospice has always provided the very best care to dying Americans. Are we now being asked to provide less than that? Hospice care is NOT the place to remedy the Medicare dollar problem. Every American simply deserves our very best in their end-of-life care. This will be like taxing hospice caregiving. Please, please reconsider.<BR/><BR/>Chaplain JHA<BR/>SLC, UTChaplain JHAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728108187246817236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655334.post-49432145118517577532008-06-17T20:52:00.000-07:002008-06-17T20:52:00.000-07:00I'm just beginning to learn about this and the rat...I'm just beginning to learn about this and the rate cut that will occur by changing the wage index.<BR/><BR/>Can anyone tell me how the current situation has come about ... why were two different wage indices ever used?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com