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HEART Likely First Step To Hospice Case Mix System, VBP

Published on Fri Aug 11, 2017

Brace for serious payment changes ahead. Switching from the current Hospice Item Set tool to the new HEART assessment tool may be a big change — but that could be only the beginning of the upheaval for hospices. “At this time, we envision HEART as a patient assessment tool that would replace the HIS,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid [...]
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