Hospice News
JUNE 3, 2022
The Medicare Part A trust fund is still on track to run short of money before the decade is out, but not as quickly as previously anticipated. By 2028, Medicare would have sufficient dollars to cover 90% of Medicare expenses. Hospice expenditures in particular are expected to increase to more than $48.2 annually.
Hospice News
MARCH 28, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its 2025 proposed rule for hospice payment, which if finalized would include a 2.6% The proposal is a likely signal that CMS will not adopt a recent recommendation by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) to freeze rates beginning next year.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 12, 2022
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is poised to recommend that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reduce the aggregate cap for hospice payments by 20% in 2024. of hospices exceeded the cap, MedPAC estimated. To date, Congress has not implemented these reductions. exceeded the cap.
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