The end of the hospice year is fast approaching — don’t get caught flat footed. “Once hospice claims are processed for the month of May 2017, hospices can begin to make fairly reasonable estimates for potential cap liabilities for the 2017 Cap Year,” advises consulting firm The Health Group in Morgantown, W. Va. “Re-member, the 2017 Cap Year is a shortened year covering November 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017,” the firm adds in its electronic newsletter.