Implementation of the Hospice Quality Reporting Required by the Affordable Care Act Section 3004
This article is based on Change Request (CR) 8241 that implements the payment reduction required for hospice agencies that fail to report quality data as specified in Section 3004 of
the Affordable Care Act.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: May 03, 2013
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