CMS Releases 2008 Hospice Wage Index, Regulatory Clarifications

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule for the hospice wage index for fiscal year (FY) 2008 in the Aug. 31 edition of the Federal Register (Vol. 72, No. 169, pages 50214 – 50249). The rule also revises the methodology for updating the wage index for rural areas without hospital…