Hospice Regulatory and Policy Roundup is proudly presented to you by National Association for Home Care & Hospice. Thank you. We hope that you enjoy your course.
Description:
The hospice world is undergoing dramatic changes as legislators, regulators, and policymakers seek to ensure appropriate oversight and transparency for one of the fastest-growing segments of the Medicare program and explore policy options that could irrevocably change the hospice benefit as we know it today. NAHC’s hospice experts will provide an overview of expanding federal program integrity efforts, hospice care patterns being tracked by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and others, efforts by CMS to incorporate hospice into the Medicare Advantage benefit package, as well as other important issues in hospice, and their implications for the future of the hospice program.
Learning Objective 1:
Explain hospice utilization patterns and potential concerns they raise for policymakers
Learning Objective 2:
Identify hospice program integrity issues and actions at the federal level to address them.
Learning Objective 3:
Describe the MA VBID hospice component and how it might impact hospice operations.
Faculty:
Katie Wehri
Nursing 1.0 Contact Hours awarded.
Nursing Contact Hours for this module will expire on October 15, 2025.