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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Addy Mead
Addy Mead
A graduate of Wichita State University’s Math Education program, Addy is using her planning and organizational skills, creativity, and love of helping others to support our providers and members. First as Administrative Coordinator and now as Associate Director of Communications & Events, Addy’s primary duties include overseeing general member communications through social media, our Weekly Member Calls, the Aging Update, and database and website maintenance. She also collaborates with the team to plan, produce, and market events across all aspects of LeadingAge Kansas, manage Continuing Education processing.. Outside of the office, Addy enjoys crafting, playing board games, video games, and DnD, and spending time with her fiancé and their two cats.

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