Hospice PEPPER Reports Now Available
The hospice PEPPER reports were released recently. These reports are an educational tool that summarizes individual hospice data statistics for Medicare services that may be at risk for improper payments pre-CMS guidance. The data...
Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life Measure Goes Live in May
In February 2022, the National Quality Forum (NQF) endorsed, through their consensus process, the claims-based measure, Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life, or HVLDL. HVLDL reflects the proportion of hospice patients who received...
LeadingAge Joins LTC Providers in Asking DOL Implement a Streamlined Wage Determination Process for...
To assist with the labor and nursing shortage, LeadingAge and a coalition of 12 long-term care provider organizations, sent an April 1st letter calling on the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to improve the processing...
CMS Announces Cross-Cutting Initiatives
CMS announced cross-cutting initiatives as mechanisms to advance CMS’ strategic vision and six strategic pillars. In addition to advancing the six strategic pillars that CMS announced last year, the CCI’s 13 initiatives include efforts to address...
Next LPC Member Network Meeting
Join us for the next monthly meeting on Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 1:00 PM CT. The topic of discussion will be on risk, liability and contract revisions in a post-pandemic landscape. We have...
MLN Article on Value-Based Insurance Design Model Hospice Services
This week’s MLN reviewed the Value-Based Insured Design Model payment for hospice services. Under the Hospice Benefit Component of the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model, participating Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) retain responsibility for all Original Medicare...
New PHI Report on State Policy Options for Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce Released
PHI released a report on state policy options for strengthening the direct care workforce. It has 24 specific policy strategies with concrete examples. The report can be found here.
LeadingAge Week in Media for April 11 – 17, 2022
I. FOLLOWING THE NARRATIVE: A quick summary of national media trends last week.(* indicates that LeadingAge is featured in the story.)
The impact of proposed Medicare funding cuts announced last week spurred a fresh wave...
CMS Hospice Public Reporting Key Dates for Hospices
CMS updated their website listing the key reporting dates for hospice agencies. This includes schedules refreshes of the Care Compare website, upcoming data correction deadlines for public reporting, and the CAHPS Hospice Survey upcoming data submission...
Inpatient Hospice 1135 Waivers Ending
CMS released a memo stating that certain waivers pertaining to in-patient hospices will lapse in 60 days from the issuance of today’s memo. Specifically, there are four waivers around life safety codes, facility and equipment inspection,...
SNF PPS Proposed Rule Released
CMS recently released the Fiscal Year (FY) Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule (CMS 1765-P). The rule updates Medicare payment policies and includes proposals for the SNF QRP and VBP programs. There is a...
Money Follows the Person Demonstration Expansion: Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Webinars for Applicants
CMS released a Notice of Funding Opportunity that will offer up to $110 million to expand access to home and community-based services (HBCS) through Medicaid’s Money Follows the Person (MFP) program. The new NOFO...