CMS Issues Revisions to Benefit Policy Manual to Reflect FY2015 Payment Rule Changes

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued Transmittal 205/Change Request (CR) 9114, which makes changes to Chapter 9 of the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual to reflect hospice regulatory changes put into effect as part of the fiscal year (FY) 2015 payment rule.  Specifically, CR9114 revises the manual to provide explicit sections related…