Regulations
Hospices are guided by regulations from a variety of federal agencies. The information below will provide links to the various agencies that may have regulations that touch on hospice care. The Medicare hospice regulations can be found under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Center for Disease Control
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Hospice Center
- Hospice Eligibility, Election, Revocation and Transfer
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CMS Hospice Change Requests
- Change requests – 2012 (this spreadsheet will be updated quarterly)
- Change requests – 2011
- Change requests – 2010
- Change requests – 2009
- Change requests – 2008
- Change requests – 2007
- Change requests – 2006
- Change requests – 2005
- Change requests – 2004
- Change requests – 2003
- Change requests – 2002
- Change requests – 2001
- Change requests – 2000
- Hospice Regulations
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Hospice Manuals
- Medicare Benefit Policy Manual ; Chapter 9 - Coverage of Hospice Services Under Hospital Insurance
- Medicare Claims Processing Manual ; Chapter 11 - Processing Hospice Claims
- State Operations Manual
- State Medicaid Manual; (See Section 4305 - Hospice Services)
- Medicare General Information, Eligibility, and Entitlement Manual ; Chapter 4 - Physician Certification and Recertification of Services- (See Section 60 - Certification and Recertification by Physicians for Hospice Care)
- Hospice Survey and Certification
Emergency Preparedness (Multiple federal agencies)
- Administration on Aging’s Emergency Assistance Guidance
- Centers for Disease Control Emergency Preparedness
FEMA
- Resources for Private Sector
- Information for People with Disabilities
- Ready.gov
- State Emergency Preparedness Resources
- US Department of Agriculture
- US Department of Homeland Security
- US Food and Drug Administration
