Hospice News April 9, 2021
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a rule containing a Fiscal Year 2022 hospice payment rate increase of 2.3%. The agency also raised the hospice payment cap to $31,389, up from $30,683 for 2021. The rule also contains updates to quality reporting requirements and Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
A key change to the CoPs would make permanent the temporary flexibilities related to hospice aide competency evaluations standards that were instituted during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The proposed rule did not include language making other temporary waivers permanent, such as those related to telehealth, but the agency could still take such action in a separate rulemaking.
“We are very supportive of these changes as...
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