Legislation to Improve Rural Hospice Care Introduced in House of Representatives

U.S. Representatives Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) and Ron Kind (D-WI) recently introduced legislation to improve access to hospice care in rural areas. H.R. 1828 would allow rural health clinics (RHCs) and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) to receive Medicare payment for physicians’ services that treat the terminal illnesses of patients on hospice care. Similar legislation was…