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New Hospice Data Set Required Next Summer

Published on Fri Aug 16, 2013

Gear up now for the July 1 start date for HIS.  Get ready to fill out 27 data items at every hospice admission, thanks to new Medicare hospice regulations. As proposed in May, the Centers for Medi-care & Medicaid Services has finalized a seven-item Hospice Item Set (HIS) for hospice patients, according to its hospice 2014 payment final rule published [...]
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