Impact of Nursing Shortage on Hospice Care
Guidance for Extraordinary Circumstances due to Nursing Shortage. The period of time has been extended for hospices to qualify for an “extraordinary circumstance” exemption when they believe that the nursing shortage has affected their ability to directly hire sufficient numbers of nurses.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: October 03, 2014
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