CMS: Care Planning, Hospice Aide Services Top Survey Deficiencies 

Issues related to care planning and hospice aide and homemaker services topped the list of most common deficiencies found during regulatory surveys during 2019, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).  Nearly 60% of hospices surveyed did not successfully comply with the requirement that hospices must develop an individualized care plan […]