Hospice Association of America and State Hospice Associations Urge Revision to Hospice Vaccine Billing Policy

In May 2013 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Change Request (CR) 8098 under which, effective October 1, 2013, Medicare systems would reject claims for vaccines provided to hospice patients by non-hospice providers.  CR8098 also reiterated existing CMS policy that hospices could only bill influenza, pneumococcal, and hepatitis B vaccines provided to…