QUESTION : Do the [hospital] mortality measures exclude patients admitted for hospice or comfort care? ANSWER : The 30-day mortality measures exclude patients who were enrolled in the Medicare hospice program at any time during the 12 months prior to the index admission or who enrolled in the hospice program on the first day of…
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