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Review Comprehensive Assessment Measure With New Tool
Published on Wed Jan 15, 2020
Go over the basics of Medicare’s Hospice Comprehensive Assessment Measure with a recently posted educational tool from the agency. “See how the seven Hospice Item Set measures contribute to the Comprehensive Assessment Measure and how to stay on target by completing all measures for each patient,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says. The one-page tool is at www.cms.gov/files/document/hospice-comprehensive-assessment-measureone-pager.
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