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Understanding Hospice Care Regulations

Hospice care is a crucial service that provides comprehensive care for terminally ill patients, focusing on comfort and quality of life rather than cure. It requires strict adherence to federal regulations, making it essential for stakeholders to keep a keen eye on updates to regulatory frameworks that govern hospice services.

Recent years have seen significant developments in the rules surrounding hospice care, prompted by changes in healthcare policy and evolving patient needs. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) frequently updates hospice care conditions of participation, payment rates, and quality reporting requirements. Monitoring these changes helps ensure compliance, proper reimbursement, and optimal patient care.

Who Should Monitor Hospice Care Regulations?

Professionals involved in healthcare management, legal compliance, and hospice administration need to remain vigilant about federal updates affecting hospice care. Here are some groups that particularly benefit from monitoring these changes:

  • Hospice Administrators: Ensure services meet all regulatory standards and financial requirements.
  • Healthcare Compliance Officers: Stay compliant with the latest federal healthcare policies to avoid penalties.
  • Legal Professionals: Advise clients accurately based on the most current regulations.
  • Policy Analysts: Assess the impact of potential changes to hospice care policies.

Why Real-Time Monitoring Matters

Staying informed about regulatory changes in hospice care is essential for several reasons:

  1. Ensuring Compliance: Avoid costly penalties and maintain certification by meeting mandatory standards.
  2. Adapting to Policy Changes: Quickly adjusting strategies based on new federal rules can provide a competitive advantage.
  3. Simplifying Monitoring Efforts: Automated systems allow you to focus on responding to changes, not searching for them.
  4. Engaging in Open Comment Periods: Provide timely input on proposed changes to influence final policies.

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Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare Program; FY 2025 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements
This final rule updates the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. This rule also adopts the most recent Office of Management and Budget statistical area delineations, which will impact the hospice wage...
 Rule Aug 06, 2024
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare Program; FY 2025 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements
This proposed rule would update the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. This rule proposes changes to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program. This rule also proposes to adopt the most recent Office of...
 Proposed Rule Apr 04, 2024
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2024 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Medicare Advantage; Medicare and Medicaid Provider and Supplier Enrollment Policies; and Basic Health Program
This major final rule addresses: changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and changes...
 Rule Nov 16, 2023
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2024 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Medicare Advantage; Medicare and Medicaid Provider and Supplier Enrollment Policies; and Basic Health Program
This major proposed rule addresses: changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and chan...
 Proposed Rule Aug 07, 2023
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare Program; FY 2024 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements, and Hospice Certifying Physician Provider Enrollment Requirements
This final rule updates the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. This rule discusses the comments received regarding information related to the provision of higher levels of hospice care; spending pat...
 Rule Aug 02, 2023
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Regulatory Changes to the Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Requirements; Additional Policy and Regulatory Changes to the Requirements for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs-IID) To Provide COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Offer Vaccinations to Residents, Clients, and Staff; Policy and Regulatory Changes to the Long Term Care Facility COVID-19 Testing Requirements
This final rule removes expired language addressing staff and patient COVID-19 testing requirements for LTC Facilities issued in the interim final rule with comment "Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), a...
 Rule Jun 05, 2023
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare Program; FY 2024 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements, and Hospice Certifying Physician Provider Enrollment Requirements
This proposed rule would update the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for fiscal year (FY) 2024. This rule includes information on hospice utilization trends and solicits comments regarding information related to the provisi...
 Proposed Rule Apr 04, 2023
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare Program; FY 2023 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements
This rule updates the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. This final rule establishes a permanent mitigation policy to smooth the impact of year- to-year changes in hospice payments related to change...
 Rule Jul 29, 2022
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare Program; FY 2023 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements
This proposed rule proposes to establish a permanent mitigation policy to smooth the impact of year-to-year changes in hospice payments related to changes in the hospice wage index. This rule also proposes updates to the hospice wage index, payment r...
 Proposed Rule Apr 04, 2022
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination
This interim final rule with comment period revises the requirements that most Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. These changes are necessary to help protect the he...
 Rule Nov 05, 2021
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare Program; FY 2022 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, Hospice and Home Health Quality Reporting Program Requirements
This final rule updates the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for Fiscal Year 2022. This rule makes changes to the labor shares of the hospice payment rates and finalizes clarifying regulations text changes to the election s...
 Rule Aug 04, 2021
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare Program; FY 2022 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, Hospice and Home Health Quality Reporting Program Requirements
This rule proposes updates to the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for Fiscal Year 2022. This rule proposes changes to the labor shares of the hospice payment rates, proposes clarifying regulations text changes to the elect...
 Proposed Rule Apr 14, 2021
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare Program; FY 2016 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements; Correcting Amendment
In the August 6, 2015 issue of the Federal Register, we published a final rule that provided hospice quality reporting program updates, including finalizing the proposal to codify the Hospice Quality Reporting Program Submission Extension and Exempti...
 Rule Aug 31, 2020
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
This interim final rule with comment period (IFC) gives individuals and entities that provide services to Medicare beneficiaries needed flexibilities to respond effectively to the serious public health threats posed by the spread of the 2019 Novel Co...
 Rule Apr 06, 2020
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare Program; CY 2020 Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements for Eligible Professionals; Establishment of an Ambulance Data Collection System; Updates to the Quality Payment Program; Medicare Enrollment of Opioid Treatment Programs and Enhancements to Provider Enrollment Regulations Concerning Improper Prescribing and Patient Harm; and Amendments to Physician Self-Referral Law Advisory Opinion Regulations Final Rule; and Coding and Payment for Evaluation and Management, Observation and Provision of Self-Administered Esketamine Interim Final Rule
This major final rule addresses: Changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and changes...
 Rule Nov 15, 2019
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Regulatory Provisions To Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction; Fire Safety Requirements for Certain Dialysis Facilities; Hospital and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Changes To Promote Innovation, Flexibility, and Improvement in Patient Care
This final rule reforms Medicare regulations that are identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on health care providers and suppliers. This final rule also increases the ability of health care professionals to devote resources t...
 Rule Sep 30, 2019
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare Program; FY 2020 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements
This final rule updates the hospice wage index, payment rates, and cap amount for fiscal year 2020. This rule also rebases the continuous home care, general inpatient care, and the inpatient respite care per diem payment rates in a budget-neutral man...
 Rule Aug 06, 2019
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare Program; FY 2020 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements
This proposed rule would update the hospice wage index, payment rates, and cap amount for fiscal year 2020. This rule proposes to rebase the continuous home care, general inpatient care, and the inpatient respite care per diem payment rates in a budg...
 Proposed Rule Apr 25, 2019
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Regulatory Provisions To Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction
This proposed rule would reform Medicare regulations that are identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on health care providers and suppliers. This proposed rule would increase the ability of health care professionals to devote...
 Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2018
Health and Human Services Department > CMS
Medicare Program; FY 2019 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements
This final rule updates the hospice wage index, payment rates, and cap amount for fiscal year (FY) 2019. The rule also makes conforming regulations text changes to recognize physician assistants as designated hospice attending physicians effective Ja...
 Rule Aug 06, 2018

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