Skilled Nursing News June 13, 2024
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) on Thursday announced that a draft bill is underway that, if enacted, would bring unprecedented reforms for hospice payment and oversight.
The draft bill comes as more skilled nursing operators expand their hospice offerings, including by launching their own hospice businesses or more closely partnering with existing hospice providers.
Blumenauer announced the bill, the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act, on Thursday at the Elevate conference in Washington D.C., organized and hosted by Skilled Nursing News’ sister publication, Hospice News. Though the bill language is still in development, one proposal calls for allowing for transitional inpatient respite care for up to 15 days for patients that first elect hospice from a hospital stay...
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