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Home Health & Hospice Week
2020 Newsletter
Industry News: Check Out These Updated Hospice Education Tools
Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry News:
Check Out These Updated Hospice Education Tools
Published on Fri Jan 17, 2020
Medicare has updated two of its hospice education tools. Access the revised 12-page Hospice Payment System MLN Booklet at
www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning- Network-MLN/MLNProducts/Downloads/hospice_pay_sys_fs.pdf
and the four-page Provider Compliance Tips for Hospital-Based Hospice MLN Fact Sheet at
www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/Downloads/ProviderComplianceTipsforHospitalBasedHospice-MLN6330601.pdf
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