The hospice final rule for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 was issued on July 29th. This 226 page document–CMS-1745-F–addresses a number of changes including the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for FY 2022. Specifically, hospices who submit quality data will receive a 2% raise in payment rates. Hospices who do not submit…
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Proposed Hospice Final Rule Change
CMS proposes to make some of the waiver changes permanent. One of these modifications is regarding hospice aide training. The current CoP, 418.76 (c)(1) specifies aides must be evaluated by observation of their performance of the task with a live patient. The proposed change would affect CoP 418.3 by allowing evaluation of aide competency to…
