If hospices want to give the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services a piece of their minds on the newly proposed quality measures for next year, the conversion of the Hospice Item Set to an assessment tool, the modest 2 percent Medicare payment increase, or any other provisions in the proposed rule for 2017 hospice payment and regulation, their time is almost up.
The comment period on the regulation closes June 20. You can submit comments electronically at www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=CMS-2016-0058-0002.