Recent CMS Changes and Revisions for Hospices

CMS recently issued Transmittal 123 – Revisions to State Operations Manual For Home Care and Hospice. The revisions affect Chapters 1, 2 and 3 of the Manual. CMS additionally also recently released Change Request 8501 – Instructions to MACs for Defending Medical Review Decisions. What the new revisions and change request mean for hospices is…