Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: FY 2019 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements

Pre-publication notice of final rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to update the hospice wage index, payment rates, and cap amount for FY 2019. Also updates regulatory text to recognize physician assistants as designated hospice attending physicians, effective January 1, 2019 and makes changes to the Hospice Quality Report Program. This final rule is effective on October 1, 2018 and will be published in the Federal Register on August 6, 2018.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - Category: Rural Health Source Type: news