CMS Creates New Physician Specialty Code for Hospice & Palliative Care

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has created a new Physician Specialty Code for Hospice and Palliative Care in Change Request 6311, Transmittal 1715, with an effective date of Oct. 1, 2009 and an implementation date of Oct. 5, 2009. Physicians self-designate their Medicare physician specialty on the Medicare enrollment application (CMS 8551).…