CMS Announces Further Changes to Support Hospice Eligibility Inquiries in HETS

Over recent years the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has sought to streamline hospice beneficiary eligibility inquiries and establish the HIPAA Eligibility Transaction System (HETS) as the single source for this data. This effort was delayed due in part to the availability of insufficient information in the HETS system regarding hospice benefit period…