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Hospices Get Good News On Addendum Penalties, But Questions And Concerns Remain

Published on Fri Sep 18, 2020

Wait for written guidance, legal expert cautions. CMS has taken some of the pressure off hospices implementing the new election statement addendum requirement that hits Oct. 1 — at least unofficially. In the 2020 and 2021 final rules implementing the requirement and other documents, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services specified that the addendum is a “condition for payment.” [...]
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