CMS Plans Hospice Information Set Collection to begin July 2014

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) indicated in the proposed rule, FY2014 Hospice Wage Index Update, that it would make information related to the proposed Hospice Information Set (HIS), a patient-level data set, available. Additionally, CMS stated that it would seek input on the additional burden this may impose on hospice providers.  The…