NAHC’s Hospice Association Of America Submits Comments On CMS’ Proposed Expansion Of Required Data On Claims

In December 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its interest in capturing additional data on hospice claims for use in refining the hospice payment system and for evaluating trends in the utilization of the Hospice Medicare benefit. Specifically, CMS is considering collecting the following types of data: Visit data on paid…