If the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed 2025 hospice rule is finalized as written, hospices may encounter some hurdles in implementing some of the new requirements. CMS late last month issued its proposed hospice rule for 2025. The proposal called for a...
Hospice providers will be looking to Congress in 2024 to address issues related to program integrity, quality improvement, and industry-wide workforce pressures. As legislative efforts develop, hospices may want to focus their attention on a few key legislators. Though hospice is largely a community-based business, actions...
Program integrity issues that have heated up in the hospice space during the past five years reached a boiling point in 2023. Hospice providers have seen an array of increased regulatory oversight in 2023. That momentum has been fueled by two main concerns among regulators -...