Camden NewsLocal news for Camden, AL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Hospices hurt by patients living longer- November 29, 2007 "If they hit us with a number in the several hundred-thousand range, I just don't see how we can survive" CAMDEN, Ala., Nov. 27 Hundreds of U.S. hospice providers are feeling the pain of having to repay Medicare for patients who are living longer than expected. via Earth Timeshttp://www.topix.net/city/camden-al/2007/11/hospices-hurt-by-patients-living-longer?fromrs... Hospices pay big price to Medicare for longer lives- November 27, 2007 CAMDEN, Ala. - Hundreds of hospice providers nationwide are facing the catastrophic financial consequence of what would otherwise seem a positive development: Their patients are living longer than expected. via Chicago Tribunehttp://www.topix.net/city/camden-al/2007/11/hospices-pay-big-price-to-medicare-for-longer-... |