Hospice News

JUNE 3, 2024

1, 2026 at the earliest. Behind the changes is a desire to increase response rates, which have been declining. Between the 2021 and 2023 reporting period, those rates reached only 29%, according to data cited in comments on the rule by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Association (NHPCO).

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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. If enacted, the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act, would as of 2025 extend the flexibilities by two years. It also includes some exceptions.

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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. A portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity, the South Carolina-based hospice and palliative provider offers care across nine states. We have to get ready either way.”

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The legislation would require health care facility employers with 10,000 full-time workers or more to pay a minimum wage of $23 per hour starting in June 2024, with year-over-year increases until reaching the $25 per hour mark in 2026. After that, the minimum wage would be indexed around inflation or 3.5%.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

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.” SCAN is a $4.3 billion nonprofit Medicare Advantage (MA) organization that covers more than 285,000 members across California, Arizona, Nevada and Texas.

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Hospice News

MAY 20, 2024

By the end of 2026, we will add two more. A group of former hospice and home health leaders have gone all-in on Programs for All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE) with the launch of an emerging company. Ultimately, BoldAge PACE plans to build a national footprint. Why is PACE an attractive model for home health and hospice companies?

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NHPCO

APRIL 28, 2023

Limiting patient choice: The VBID extension gives MA Organizations the ability to limit the hospice choices available to their plan enrollees starting in 2026. In response, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) shared the following analysis of some key details contained in the CMS fact sheet.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JANUARY 6, 2022

AAHPM joined partners in the National Coalition for Hospice and the Palliative Care and Patient Quality of Life Coalition in submitting comments ( NCHPC ; PQLC: NINR , NIH Director ) on the National Institute of Nursing Research 2022-2026 Draft Strategic Plan Framework to urge a continued focus on palliative care research.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The move preempts new policies by the Biden Administration that do not take effect until 2026. 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.

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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? Jennifer has quite the impressive resume.

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Hospice News

MAY 13, 2024

A bill recently introduced to Congress proposed to extend these telehealth flexibilities until 2026. Patients, caregivers and family members surveyed rated the telehealth hospice services as “highly satisfactory,” including those from bereavement staff members along with clinicians. Congress extended the flexibility through Dec.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

By 2026, we’ll run out of money,” Seema Verma, who served as U.S. Participation in the demonstration is voluntary for both payers and providers. The program also has a palliative care component. Participating providers must offer palliative care to remain in the program. The path forward is value-based care.”.

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