Congressional Co-signers Sought for Hospice BNAF Restoration Letter to Obama

President Bush’s proposed 2009 budget included a regulatory proposal that would permanently eliminate the BNAF for the hospice wage index resulting in about a 4% cut in the hospice reimbursement rates. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) calling for comments followed by issuance of a final…