An Update on Vaccines for Hospice Patients

In October 2013 CMS released Change Request (CR) 8098 which prevented non-hospice providers from furnishing vaccines (flu, pneumonia, and Hepatitis B) to hospice beneficiaries.  Under CR 8098 hospices were responsible for providing the vaccines and non-hospice providers could not be paid for vaccines they furnished to hospice beneficiaries. This CR was initially released in order…