As it does every spring, on April 4, 2024 the Federal Register published the final version of CMS 1810-P, the FY2025 Hospice Wage Index proposed rule. Upon first reading, my internal reaction was, “Finally!”
Finally, we get the released HOPE tool for quality reporting. Finally, we get an improved version of the CAHPS survey, along with a new web-mail mode that should improve response rates. Finally, CMS proposes the clarifying language that hospices have been asking for in connection with physician designees and the Election statement versus the Notice of Election (NOE).
Of course everyone’s first question will be about the proposed rates for next year…
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