title: Medicare program; hospice wage index for fiscal year 2008. Final rule.
abstract: This final rule sets forth the hospice wage index for fiscal year 2008. This final rule also revises the methodology for updating the wage index for rural areas without hospital wage data and provides clarification of selected existing Medicare hospice regulations and policies.
mesh_terms: D017051:Hospice Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States