The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) did a better job of getting the final hospice conditions of participation rule out than it expected, releasing the rule just after publishing an extension earlier this week. The final rule revises the existing conditions of participation that hospices must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. It focuses on the care delivered to patients and their families by hospices and the outcome of that care, and allows hospices flexibility in meeting quality standards.
The rule has been delivered to the Federal Register and will be published June 5. Download the rule.
