The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (H.R. 1) which was signed into law February 17, included a moratorium through Oct 1, 2009 on changes to hospice payments under the Medicare hospice benefit. In 2008, a regulation issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) changed part of the formula used to reimburse hospices for the care they provided, eliminating what is known as the budget neutrality adjustment factor (BNAF). H.R. 1 will put that change on hold for now.
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