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Medicare Program; FY 2025 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published this final rule in the Federal Register on August 6, 2024. It took effect on October 1, 2024.
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What the agency says
This final rule updates the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. This rule also adopts the most recent Office of Management and Budget statistical area delineations, which will impact the hospice wage index. This rule clarifies current policy related to the "election statement" and the "notice of election", as well as adds clarifying language regarding hospice certification and includes a technical regulation text change to the Conditions of Participation (CoPs). This rule finalizes changes to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program. Finally, this rule summarizes comments received regarding potential implementation of a separate payment mechanism to account for high intensity palliative care services.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-16910
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Published
- August 6, 2024
- Takes effect
- October 1, 2024
- Dates
- These regulations are effective on October 1, 2024.
- Docket
- CMS-1810-F
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0938-AV29
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 42 CFR 418
- Topics
- Health facilities; Hospice care; Medicare; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 72
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