CMS Issues Systems Changes, Guidance for RHC/FQHC Billing of Hospice Attending Physician Services

Earlier this year, Congress authorized Rural Health Centers (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) to bill Medicare for hospice attending physician services provided by a physician nurse practitioner (NP) or physician assistant (PA) who is employed by the facility and is the patient’s designated attending physician. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has…