01/27/2010
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"One is the Medicare payment rule that forbids Medicare patients to receive hospice care and curative care at the same time."
"Senator Whitehouse, as he mentioned, is addressing many of these issues with his Removing Barriers to Patient-Centered Care Act of 2016."
"Another is the Medicare rule that forbids patients to receive Medicare coverage in a skilled nursing home without having had the two-night rule, the consecutive 3-day inpatient hospital stay first."
"These rules, in your view, are obstacles?"