CMS Postpones Mandatory Hospice Data Reporting until July 2008

Success! Today the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Transmittal 1372 to rescind and replace Transmittal 1304 (Change Request 5567) dated July 20, 2007, which was entitled “Reporting of Additional Data to Describe Services on Hospice Claims.” As laid out in the replacement transmittal, reporting of additional data mandated by Transmittal 1304 will…