Hospice Advocates Ask W&M Task Force To Support Rural Hospice Bill

By Chelsea Cirruzzo / July 19, 2019 at 5:23 PM
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) called on a new House Ways & Means rural health task force to support legislation that would allow physicians at rural health clinics (RHC) and federally qualified health centers (FQHC) to bill Medicare for hospice services. The Rural Access to Hospice Act was reintroduced in April by Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) after never being brought to a vote last congressional session. It would allow rural patients enrolling...


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