Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: Fiscal Year 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

Pre-publication notice of a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updating the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for fiscal year 2024. Includes updates to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program; discusses the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation tool; provides an update on Health Equity and future quality measures; and provides updates on the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, Hospice Survey Mode Experiment. Among other things, this rule also includes information on hospice utilization trends and solicits comments regarding information related to the provision of higher levels of hospice care; ownership transparency; and ways to examine health equity under the hospice benefit. Includes rural considerations throughout. Comments are due by May 30, 2023.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - Category: Rural Health Source Type: news