Hawaii Home Health Medicare Margins on Steep Decline – The Herald | HeraldOnline.com

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Russ Roberts

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Hawaii Home Health Medicare Margins on Steep Decline The Herald | HeraldOnline.com HONOLULU, June 13, 2013 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — By 2017, Hawaii is facing Medicare Home Healthcare payment at least 11.7% below cost, and up to 27.8% below cost…

Russell Roberts‘s insight:

A bit of bad news for Home Health Medicare programs in Hawaii. Many senior citizens use this program to cover basic medicare costs. Proposed cuts will negatively impact those Hawaii residents over age 65. I guess all you can do is stay healthy, minimize health risks, and live conservatively. Aloha, Russ.

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