medicare
FY2023 Hospice Medicare and Medicaid Base Rates at a Glance
–Hospice Medicare FY2023 Pricer Now Available Beginning October 1, 2022, hospice base payment rates will increase by 3.8 percent, as published in the final FY2023 Hospice Payment Rule. As is customary, the Medicaid program waits until Medicare rates are finalized to issue guidance on the applicable corresponding hospice payment rates. The Centers for Medicare & […]
Read MoreCMS Project Targets Providers for Deactivation
NAHC has recently become aware of a project the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has initiated that could have an especially negative impact on home health agencies that are not serving Medicare beneficiaries but are required to be Medicare-certified to meet state or non-Medicare payer requirements. The project is titled “Organization Deactivation Project […]
Read MoreChoose Home Care Act Picks Up Support in Congress
Click Here to Urge Congress to support the Choose Home Care Act! The Choose Home Care Act continues to build support in Congress with the recent addition of new cosponsors in the House of Representatives, including Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1), Al Lawson, Jr. (D-FL-5), and Angie Craig (D-MN-2). We thank the new sponsors of this legislation for their leadership on this issue. […]
Read MoreHospice Notes for July 13, 2022
Congress is facing a packed few weeks in the lead-up to the monthslong August recess. The potential revival of a slimmed-down reconciliation package sought by Senate Democrats remains top-of-mind for many DC watchers. While nothing is concrete at this point, it unfortunately appears likely that any smaller party-line reconciliation bill will omit major funding investments […]
Read MoreHospice Care Index Technical Report Released
Abt Associates submitted the Hospice Care Index Technical Report to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The report provides context and descriptive analyses for the Hospice Care Index (HCI). The HCI is a new quality measure for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) that will be publicly reported on Care Compare in August 2022. The measure […]
Read MoreChoose Home Care Act Picks Up Support in Congress
Click Here to Urge Congress to support the Choose Home Care Act! The Choose Home Care Act continues to build support in Congress with the recent addition of new cosponsors in the House of Representatives, including Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1), Al Lawson, Jr. (D-FL-5), and Angie Craig (D-MN-2). We thank the new sponsors of this […]
Read MoreHospice Care Index Technical Report Released
Abt Associates submitted the Hospice Care Index Technical Report to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The report provides context and descriptive analyses for the Hospice Care Index (HCI). The HCI is a new quality measure for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) that will be publicly reported on Care Compare in August 2022. […]
Read MoreNAHC to CMS: Maintain NP/CNS Authority to Certify Home Health
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and a group of likeminded organizations have written to Brian Slater, Director of the Division of Home Health and Hospice in the Center for Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reiterate our strong support for the authority of nurse practitioners (NPs) and clinical […]
Read MoreMedicare Trustees Warn of Long-term Financing Problems
The recently-released Medicare trustees annual report on the state of the Medicare program currently projects sufficient funds into 2028, two years longer than last year’s estimate. At that point revenues would be able to cover 90 percent of Medicare outlays. The Medicare Part A program is funded by the Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund, by way of […]
Read MoreMedicare Trustees Warn of Long-term Financing Problems
The recently-released Medicare trustees annual report on the state of the Medicare program currently projects sufficient funds into 2028, two years longer than last year’s estimate. At that point revenues would be able to cover 90 percent of Medicare outlays. The Medicare Part A program is funded by the Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund, by way of […]
Read More