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Medicare Program; FY 2026 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published this final rule in the Federal Register on August 5, 2025. It took effect on October 1, 2025.
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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) 2026. This rule also finalizes changes to the admission to hospice regulations and the hospice face-to-face attestation requirements under the certification of terminal illness regulations and includes technical changes to the hospice telehealth policy and wage index. This final rule also includes a technical correction to the regulatory text and provides updates to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program requirements.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-14782
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Published
- August 5, 2025
- Takes effect
- October 1, 2025
- Dates
- These regulations are effective on October 1, 2025.
- Docket
- CMS-1835-F
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0938-AV49
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 42 CFR 418
- Topics
- Health facilities; Medicare; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 28
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