Industry Note:
HEART Pilot Proceeds
Published on Fri Nov 10, 2017
In its final rule for 2018 hospice payment, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it would be moving forward with testing its new patient assessment tool, and now it's taking steps to do so. In the rule, CMS pledged to pilot test the tool thoroughly. The HEART development process will include "conducting small-scale pilot tests ... [and] conducting [...]