Cahaba Schedules Two Webinars on New Hospice Billing Requirements

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on July 20 via Transmittal 1304, Change Request 5567, a requirement for reporting of additional data to describe services on hospice claims, effective January 1, 2008 (Implementation date – January 7). These changes are included in revisions to the Claims Processing Manual, Publication 100-04, Chapter 11,…