Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

New Quality Measure Aims To ID Problem Discharges

Now's your chance to comment on a new quality measure Medicare is readying to address inappropriate hospice discharges. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and its contractor RTI International are taking comments on the newly proposed measure, "Transitions from Hospice Care, Followed by Death or Acute Care," until April 25. The measure will be based on claims data. "The [...]
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