Hospices must pay millions

 
By Jeff Raymond
Published: October 15, 2007

Oklahoma hospices must return millions in Medicare funds because their terminally ill patients lived too long.

Nationwide, hundreds of hospices in 25 states owe almost $200 million to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for care they have provided to dying patients, according to the National Alliance for Hospice Access , a group that formed in March to change the cap on hospice payments.

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