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Inpatient Hospice Waivers Added

Hand sanitizer, fire drills, and more addressed. Medicare is lifting more burdens from inpatient hospices and other inpatient facilities with new 1135 waivers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services “is waiving and modifying particular waivers under 42 CFR … §418.110(d) for inpatient hospice,” CMS says in its waiver summary document updated May 11. No. 1: “We are waiving the [...]
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