CMS Makes Changes to Hospice Cost Report

By Ted Cuppett, CPA, Director of The Health Group. On February 25, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revised the Hospice Cost & Data Report (Transmittal R5P243i) to add a new non-reimbursable cost center to accumulate costs associated with suicide accomplished with aid of a physician in those states that allow assisted…