Public Inspection: 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

Pre-publication notice of a final 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 updates on the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, Hospice Survey Mode Experiment; and finalizes conforming regulations text changes related to the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency. Among other things, this rule also discusses the comments received regarding information related to the provision of higher levels of hospice care; spending patterns for non-hospice services provided during the election of the hospice benefit; ownership transparency; equipping patients and caregivers with information to inform hospice selection; and ways to examine health equity under the hospice benefit. These regulations are effective October 1, 2023.
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