CMS’ Hospice Center Posts Updates to Q&As

On a periodic basis, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updates Questions and Answers (Q&A) related to hospice on its Hospice Center at www.cms.gov/center/hospice.asp. Since mid-October, several Q&As have been modified, a number of which relate to Change Request 5567/Transmittal 1494, relative to inclusion of additional service data on claims. They are provided…