Tag: plan of care

MLN Hospice Fact Sheet: Creating an Effective Hospice Plan of Care

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released an MLN Fact Sheet, Creating an Effective Hospice Plan of Care. This is the second fact sheet CMS has released of late for hospices. The first one contains information about frequency and documentation requirements of registered nurses’ (RN) supervisory visits (see previous NAHC Report coverage…

Special Alert for All Home Health Operators!

An extremely serious issue involving Medicare home health has surfaced that requires the immediate attention of your organization. Effective January 13, 2018, the “Plan of Care” (POC) Condition of Participation under 42 CFR 484.60 also became a Condition for Payment under the home health benefit, 42 CFR 409.43. This means that all the elements must…