Hospice News April 8, 2024
The U.S. 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.
Through RFIs, CMS tries to take the pulse of providers’ positions on certain questions that could impact the Medicare Hospice Benefit. In its 2025 proposal, one key RFI includes queries on higher-acuity palliative services like dialysis, transfusions, radiation or chemotherapy, among others. A second RFI addressed social determinants of health.
The agency has voiced a concern that patients in need often do not receive these services.
“The national trends that examine hospice enrollment and service utilization for those beneficiary populations with complex palliative needs and potentially high-cost medical care needs reveal...
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