Dealing with Current and Future Changes: Hospice Policy Roundup Part 1 is proudly presented to you by National Association for Home Care & Hospice. Thank you. We hope that you enjoy your course.
Gain insight into the latest challenges facing hospice providers. The Medicare hospice benefit has embarked on a path of rapid change driven by regulatory and legislative initiatives. You can keep up by attending this session. Experts from NAHC and its affiliate, the Hospice Association of America, will give you the scoop on the regulatory issues providers are confronting and those they may deal with in the not-so-distant future. Discussions about hospice policy are now underway in Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), and oversight bodies. They may yield further changes in Medicare hospice that make an impact on you.
Categories: Hospice, Compliance, Legal, Regulatory
Key Words: Palliative Care
Audience: Hospice
Objective 1: Outline key issues related to current and future hospice regulations
Objective 2: Describe federal legislative initiatives in hospice and end-of-life care
Objective 3: Describe hospice-related work now being conducted by MedPAC
Instructors:
Katie Wehri, CHC, CHPC
Director of Hospice Operations, National Association for Home Care & Hospice; Washington, D.C.
Theresa Forster, BS
Vice President for Hospice Policy & Programs, National Association for Home Care & Hospice; Washington, D.C.