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CMS Pub. 100-02, ch. 9, § 40.2.3
Bereavement Counseling
Bereavement counseling consists of counseling services provided to the individual’s
family before and after the individual’s death. Bereavement counseling is a required
hospice service, provided for a period up to 1 year following the patients' death. It is not
separately reimbursable.
Bereavement specifics are found in Pub. 100-07, State Operations Manual, Appendix M,
42 CFR 418.64(d)(1), L596
History
(Rev. 141, Issued: 03-02-11, Effective: 01-01-11: Implementation: 03-23-11)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
4ce00ee03154bf45b92d71909abcb6cdf74935a2f11cd1411eb934dc60f17b17
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