Top 10 Hospice Survey Deficiencies – FY2014 through FY2016

As a result of enactment of the IMPACT Act in October of 2014, Medicare-certified hospice providers for the first time were required, beginning in April 2015, to have a survey conducted — minimally – once every 36 months.   Between FY2014 and FY2016, the number of active hospice providers rose from 4,237 to 4,574, and the…