CMS Issues Proposed FY2019 Hospice Payment and Quality Reporting Rule

–Projects Update of 1.8 percent; Will Eliminate Public Reporting of 7 HIS Measures Late April 27, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) posted the proposed FY2019 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements.  Instructions for providing comment on the rule are included in the text; they will be accepted…