CMS Releases Change Request on Hospice Face-to-Face Encounters

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last week released Change Request (CR) 7478, which addresses claims processing issues associated with late face-to-face encounters in hospice.  CMS has notified the National Association of Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) that the effective date of the CR is actually Jan. 1, 2012, and not the date…