title: Medicare program; hospice wage index for fiscal year 2010. Final rule.
abstract: This final rule will set forth the hospice wage index for fiscal year 2010. The final rule adopts a MedPAC recommendation regarding a process for certification and recertification of terminal illness. In addition, this final rule will also revise the phase-out of the wage index budget neutrality adjustment factor (BNAF), with a 10 percent BNAF reduction in FY 2010. The BNAF phase-out will continue with successive 15 percent reductions from FY 2011 through FY 2016.
mesh_terms: D017051:Hospice Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006738:Hospices / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence