NAHC Seeks Hospice Input on New CMS Claims Data Requirements

In July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Change Request 5567 which requires reporting of additional data to describe services on hospice claims effective January 2008. (See NAHC Report, July 26, 2007) Effective January 7, 2008, hospices will be required to report numbers of visits made by physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses (RNs,…