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Navigating New Requirements in the 2025 Proposed Hospice Rule

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed 2025 hospice rule is finalized as written, hospices may encounter some hurdles implementing some of the new requirements. CMS late last month issued its proposed hospice rule for 2025. The 2025 proposal contained nothing new related to those widespread problems.

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2025 Proposed Rule Seeks to Clarify Physician Certification of Hospice Patients

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed 2025 hospice rule contains clarifications on which physicians may certify patients for hospice enrollment. The post 2025 Proposed Rule Seeks to Clarify Physician Certification of Hospice Patients appeared first on Hospice News.

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CMS 2025 Proposed Rule Signals Changes to Quality Measurement, Omits Program Integrity Actions

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The 2025 proposed hospice rule is raising some questions along with payment rates. increase in hospice per diems for 2025. The agency also proposed two new quality measures and 2025 implementation of the Hospice Outcome and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) assessment tool to replace the Hospice Item Set.

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CMS May Be Mulling Changes to the Hospice Benefit

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2025 proposed hospice rule contained requests for information (RFIs) that could signal changes in the agency’s thinking on key issues. In addition to their impacts on quality of life, these factors could impede patients’ ability to receive hospice care in their homes. “For

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CMS Extends Hospice VBID Through 2030

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is extending the value-based insurance design demonstration for calendar years 2025 to 2030, including the hospice component. Croix Hospice CEO Heath Bartness told Hospice News at the Home Care 100 conference. “I There are obviously lobbying efforts against it,” St.

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MedPAC Calls for Freeze on Hospice Payment Rates

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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has voted to recommend a freeze on hospice payment increases starting in 2025. In addition to the payment recommendation, MedPAC did not propose any cuts to the aggregate payment cap for 2025, as it has previously for several years running.

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CMS to Sunset Hospice VBID in 2024

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CMS will not accept applications to the previously released CY 2025 Request for Applications for the Hospice Benefit Component of the VBID Model.” For calendar year 2024, 13 Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) are participating in the hospice component, providing coverage through 78 health plans in 19 states.

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