CMS Releases Hospice Cap Recalculation Amounts for FYs 2003 and 2004

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently announced a recalculation of the Medicare hospice benefit cap in Transmittal 1226, Change Request 5596 for publication in the Medicare Claims Processing Manual, CMS Pub. 100-04. In each case, the amounts were revised downward. CMS states an incorrect cap amount was published for the cap…