Democrats Urge Slow Approach On Post-Acute Bundles, GOP Seeks Interim Measure

By John Wilkerson / April 17, 2015 at 3:28 PM
Democrats on the House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee urged Republicans Thursday (April 16) to hold off on legislation creating post-acute pay bundles, and Republicans tried to figure out whether it’s possible to structure bundles in some fashion as an interim measure while CMS weighs how to collect data in a way that lets policymakers compare patients across the post-acute care settings. The hearing highlighted pending legislation, the Bundling and Coordinating Post-Acute Care Act (H.R. 1458), which home health companies...


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