NAHC Meets With CMS on New Hospice Billing CR 5567

On July 20, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Change Request (CR) 5567: Reporting of Additional Data to Describe Services on Hospice Claims, scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2008. Based on input from hospice members, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) submitted to CMS a list…