| Subject: | CMS CoP’s Regarding Hospice Assessments |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Fri, 27 Jun 2008 - 11:00 am |
| The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has recently released revised Hospice Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoP), effective December 2, 2008. Please see the StayAlert Notice published on June 12, 2008 for an overview of the revised CoPs. Included in the revised CoPs is the requirement that the patient needs be initially assessed within 48 hours of electing the hospice benefit (§419.54(a)). The Joint Commission (TJC) standard PC.2.20 proscribes the information... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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