Hospice News September 26, 2024
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) has introduced the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, which, if enacted, could revolutionize the Medicare Hospice Benefit.
Blumenauer announced that his office was working on the bill at the Hospice News Elevate conference in Washington D.C. Though the bill’s current language is not yet available, a discussion draft shared with Hospice News earlier this year included an overhaul of the per-diem payment system, along with a slew of other regulatory updates and changes to the benefit.
This is an opportunity to do something in this Congress that is concrete, specific, that will save money and improve the quality of care for some of our most vulnerable...
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