2027 Home Health Proposed Rule
What this rule really means for your bottom line … On the surface, the Calendar Year 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System proposed rule (CMS-1844-P) looks like good news. CMS …
Should Your Hospice or Home Health Agency Join a Regional Collaborative?
What New England’s NECHN Growth Tells Us Independent hospice and home health agencies across Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts are watching a quiet but consequential trend: small, mission-driven providers are …
The Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) Tool Launches October 1, 2025!
On October 1, 2025, the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool will replace the current Hospice Item Set (HIS). HOPE includes a combination of existing HIS items, revised, and …
November 2022 Updates to Medicare’s Care Compare for Hospice Providers
The November 2022 quarterly refresh for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program is now available on Care Compare. Your hospice’s quality scores matter more than ever before. Take some time to review …
Hospice Providers: Remember to File Your Self-Determined Cap by February 28th!
All hospices are required to file their self-determined cap each year, between December 31 and February 28. The 2021 Self-Determined Caps are due no later than February 28, 2022. If …
Important Changes in the Hospice Item Set (HIS) Manual V3.00!
CMS has shared a new presentation that covers all the changes in the new Hospice Item Set (HIS) Manual. Click here to download the slides from the presentation, and continue …
The 2022 Hospice Payment Proposed Rule from CMS
Spring is in the air! That means t-shirts, flowers, and everyone’s favorite: new rules from CMS! Let’s take a look at the 2022 Hospice Payment Rate Proposed Rule. There’s good …
Hospice Providers: November 2020 Care Compare Quarterly Refresh is Available Now
The November 2020 quarterly refresh for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program is now available on Care Compare. Care Compare is the recently launched, streamlined redesign of eight existing CMS healthcare compare …
CMS will retire the original Compare Tools Websites on December 1st.
From CMS: “In early September, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Care Compare on Medicare.gov, which streamlines our eight original health care compare tools. Since then, you’ve …
Hospice QRP November 2019 Technical Expert Panel Report
As part of the development of new hospice quality measures, Abt Associates, under contract with CMS, convened a Technical Expert Panel (TEP). This report provides a summary of their first …