“The CMS will not take down a site aimed at helping terminally ill Medicare beneficiaries and their families find hospices after it was criticized for being riddled with wrong information.”
“Last week, the CMS placed a banner on the site informing users that when searching by location, the list of agencies provided may not serve the ZIP code, city or state they entered. The message also recommends that consumers call hospice providers to confirm their service areas.”
“There was hope that a quarterly update of information would remove the wrong information on the site. However, the CMS said late last month that a refresh scheduled for Nov. 21 would be delayed…the agency needed more time to allow hospices to check the information. It now plans to do the refresh before month’s end.”
“The agency is also changing the way data on the site is populated…”
Source: CMS promises more accurate Hospice Compare site – By Virgil Dickson, December 8, 2017. Modern Healthcare. Read the full article here (requires enrollment).
