CMS Issues Update, Clarifications to Hospice Policy Chapter of Benefit Policy Manual

CMS recently released Change Request (CR) 8727 Updates and Clarifications to the Hospice Policy Chapter of the Benefit Policy Manual.  The purpose of the changes is to incorporate policy language from existing regulations, prior rules, an Office of Inspector General Memorandum Report, and two Change Requests, and to clarify existing policy.  A summary of the changes is provided…