• 1 Payment: Medicare Payment Rates To Increase 1% In 2018

• 2 Documentation: Physician Documentation Questions Worry Hospices

• 3 Quality: Don't Get Your HEART Set On The Current Payment System

• 4 Assessment: There's No Rush On HEART, CMS Pledges In Rule

• 5 Billing: Medicare Gears Up For Electronic Notices of Election At Long Last

• 6 Hospice News: Study Claims Link Between Live Discharge Rate, Profitability

• 7 Hospice News: Include A Second NPI In This Circumstance Or Face Returned Claims

• 8 Hospice News: OIG Encourages Anonymous Fraud Reporting