Hospice News

MAY 8, 2024

A bill currently before Congress would extend through 2026 regulatory flexibilities related to telehealth, including the ability to recertify patients for hospice care. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), they would not be able to recertify via telehealth. It also includes some exceptions. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

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Hospice News

JUNE 3, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) included the updates in its proposed hospice payment rule for 2025. 1, 2026 at the earliest. If finalized as written, the changes would take effect in January 2025. Performance on these surveys is crucial as more payers and consumers use public quality data to choose a hospice.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Over time, Medicare Advantage plans will likely have a greater presence as hospice payers, and now is the time for providers to build relationships those organizations. I feel also signals that they’re probably not going to roll out mandatory [participation] as they were expecting to, we’ve heard, in 2026, potentially.”

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Hospice News

AUGUST 1, 2024

Further, the bill would create a short-term home respite level of care for when respite care is provided for at least eight hours during a 24-hour period for no more than five days during an election period, effective on or after October 1, 2026. These care days would would also count toward the hospice’s payment cap.

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Hospice News

JUNE 27, 2024

Legislators have recently introduced a bill , the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital and Ambulance Access Act, which proposes to extend the flexibilities through 2026. million of “high risk” telehealth Medicare fee-for-service billing claims during the first year of the pandemic alone. We have to get ready either way.”

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Hospice News

MAY 13, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) allowed hospices to perform routine home care visits virtually, as well as face-to-face recertification visits. A bill recently introduced to Congress proposed to extend these telehealth flexibilities until 2026. During the COVID-19 public health emergency, the U.S.

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NHPCO

APRIL 28, 2023

For Immediate Release April 28, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – Earlier this month, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) published details on the extension of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model that may have significant implications for hospice care going forward.

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Home Care Pulse

DECEMBER 20, 2022

I, I think as the continuum moves towards value-based purchasing, and we know that CMS is extremely invested in this, I I think the last info I read was that the CMS trust fund was due to run out in like something like 2026 and that far away, right? But I always feel like hospice has been the caboose on the Medicare train.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

More Medicare Advantage organizations are developing customized plans for patients with special needs, including for those who may need palliative care or are nearing the end of life. The move preempts new policies by the Biden Administration that do not take effect until 2026.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation is currently testing coverage of hospice care through Medicare Advantage through the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) program. Often called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in, the program is more than halfway through its second year. The path forward is value-based care.”.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2025

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to increase payments to Medicare Advantage plans for 4.3% in 2026, but implementation will depend on what happens with the new presidential administration. billion in additional payments in 2026 that the agency has called not necessary to support stability in the program.

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