This regulation requires hospice programs to ensure that non-core services (as defined in §§ 418.72–418.78) are provided either directly by the hospice or through arrangements, consistent with current standards of practice. It is a Medicare Conditions of Participation requirement specific to hospice care, which is outside the behavioral health, IDD, ABA, and foster care sectors covered by the classification system.
View official source§ 418.70 Condition of participation: Furnishing of non-core services. A hospice must ensure that the services described in § 418.72 through § 418.78 are provided directly by the hospice or under arrangements made by the hospice as specified in § 418.100. These services must be provided in a manner consistent with current standards of practice.