ShareThisSome 400 hospices in 31 states are expected to receive letters from the federal government asking them to repay an estimated $300 million in Medicare funds they received for hospice services provided in 2006. The number indicates the percentage of hospices expected to receive the repayment demands in each state.Alabama -- 52 percentArizona-- 33 percentArkansas -- 18 percentCalifornia -- 14 percentColorado -- 5 percentFlorida -- 12 percentGeorgia -- 20 percentIdaho -- 17 percentIllinois -- 5 percentIndiana -- 11 percentIowa -- 3 percentKansas -- 10 percentLouisiana -- 20 percentMichigan -- 5 percentMinnesota -- 4 percentMississippi -- 60 percentMissouri -- 7 percentMontana -- 10 percentNew Mexico -- 29 percentNorth Carolina -- 12 percentOhio -- 6 percentOklahoma -- 48 percentPennsylvania -- 7 percentSouth Carolina -- 20 percentTennessee -- 6 percentTexas -- 12 percentUtah -- 40 percentVirginia -- 7 percentWest Virginia -- 13 percentWisconsin -- 4 percentWyoming -- 13 percent(Source: National Alliance for Hospice Access)(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.scrippsnews.com)
Hospice repayment demands vary by state
Submitted by SHNS on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 16:15
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