Source: 85 FR 47070. Medicare
Program; FY 2021 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice
Quality Reporting Requirements; Final Rule.
The hospice rural wage indexes
applicable for FY 2021 are available on the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (CMS) web site at
http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/Hospice/index.html.
The rural wage index values for FY 2017 and subsequent fiscal years
will no longer be published in this manual (Chapter 11, Addendum
C). The rural hospice wage index for FY 2021 will be effective October
1, 2020, through September 30, 2021.