CMS Issues Proposed FY2014 Hospice Wage Index Rule – Net Update of 1.1% Projected

Late Monday, April 29, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule “Medicare Program; FY2014 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update; Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements; and Updates on Payment Reform.”  While the rule includes no proposed changes for payment reforms required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it does…