Hospice
09/17/2026
Understand the added compliance risk involved with hospice patients with longer stays or those with an easily challenged terminal prognosis. Hospices in several states are experiencing an uptick in additional documentation requests (ADRs), and not all providers are receiving a notification letter when they come under scrutiny.
09/03/2026
It's important to ensure that all pertinent diagnoses are making it onto the claims.
08/20/2026
Review clinical hospice documentation to ensure that contradictory details, gaps in patient information and ambiguous language aren’t blocking your path to reimbursement.
08/13/2026
CMS is ranking your agency’s nonhospice spending against other providers from across the nation, meaning you have to make sure your patients and staff know which services are covered under the Medicare hospice benefit.
07/30/2026
Experts note that auditors are paying close attention to which hospice patients have displayed a decline before admission and are poised to cut reimbursement off from agencies whose patients are found to be ineligible.
06/11/2026
With one shot each year at a payment update, the proposed 2.4% payment increase fails to meet the rising costs of providing care, according to stakeholders who pointed to wage pressures and climbing gas costs.
06/04/2026
Complete a thorough analysis of every live discharge to determine the reasoning and whether it could have been prevented. With CMS’ scrutiny around hospice fraud expected to intensify in the coming months, tracking and trending this metric is one way to get ahead of any potential concerns — including payment suspensions.
05/14/2026
Get feedback from your hospice staff about how your operations could be impacted by potential changes detailed in the fiscal year 2027 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update proposed rule. CMS may use the feedback from this commenting period to inform future rulemaking, and providers that comment on key topics from the rule could help shape new regulations, incentives, and quality metrics.
05/07/2026
The hospice industry is quickly approaching the one-year mark of using the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) instrument for quality reporting. As your staff continues to adjust to the new processes, you also need to consider how HOPE will impact operations moving forward.
04/17/2026
With CMS intensifying its focus on identifying and addressing noncompliance and fraud within the hospice industry, it’s essential that providers are up to date on newly proposed regulatory changes.

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