Update to the Hospice Payment Rates, Hospice Cap, Hospice Wage Index, and the Hospice Pricer for FY 2010
The purpose of this Change Request (CR) is to update the hospice payment rates, the hospice aggregate cap amount, the hospice wage index, and the hospice pricer for FY 2010. This Recurring Update Notification (RUN) can be found in Pub. 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 11, Processing Hospice Claims, § 30.2.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: August 14, 2009
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