On April 27, CMS issued a proposed rule that would update FY 2019 Medicare payment rates and the wage index for hospices serving Medicare beneficiaries. This rule also proposes changes to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program. 

Proposed Rule Details:

  • Advancing My HealthEData: Request for Information from stakeholders
  • Burden reduction
  • Meaningful Measures
  • Routine annual rate setting changes
  • Hospice regulations text changes due to the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018
  • Improving transparency for patients

 See the full text of this excerpted CMS Fact Sheet (issued April 27).

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