Hospice Insights: The Law and Beyond

You’ve Got Mail: CMS Physician Outreach and How to Respond to It

Episode Summary

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently started mailing letters inviting physicians to one-on-one training sessions about the Medicare hospice benefit. In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske, Bryan Nowicki and Claire Postman talk about what these training sessions involve, why CMS is conducting them, and how physicians and hospices can respond.

Episode Notes

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently started mailing letters inviting physicians to one-on-one training sessions about the Medicare hospice benefit. In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske, Bryan Nowicki and Claire Postman talk about what these training sessions involve, why CMS is conducting them, and how physicians and hospices can respond.