Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Hospice Patient Assessment Tool May Have Lost Its Name, But Not Its Momentum
Published on Fri Jun 07, 2019
Get the latest on Medicare’s efforts to generate a hospice assessment tool in a June 12 special Open Door Forum on the topic. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will take questions in the forum, it says. Dial-in information and other specifics are at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/Spotlight.html.
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Home Health & Hospice Week
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