title: Medicare program; hospice "core" service; nursing--HCFA. Final rule.
abstract: These final regulations permit certain hospices located in areas that are not urbanized to receive from HCFA a waiver of the requirement to provide nursing services directly. The regulations implement section 2343 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98-369).
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D006738:Hospices / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009739:Nursing Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012423:Rural Health; D014481:United States