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Coronavirus Relief Package Also Relieves Hospice Survey Woes

Published on Wed Dec 30, 2020

But surveys will come every 6 months in ‘special focus’ program and alternative sanctions are in the works. More frequent hospice surveys are off the table, thanks to new legislation signed into law right after Christmas. Reminder: Early this year, legislators proposed tougher hospice survey procedures in the Helping Our Senior Populations in Comfort Environments (HOSPICE) Act (H.R. 5821) (see [...]
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