Hospice
11/06/2025
Code G31.1 (Senile degeneration of brain, not elsewhere classified) was the most common terminal diagnosis code assigned among 750,000 hospice stays tracked in 2024 by Strategic Healthcare Programs. 
10/23/2025
With the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation tool in action, it’s time for hospices to start submitting and storing their records using the new system. 
10/16/2025
Members of the care team who visit the patient at different times may be able to share key insights into caregiver dynamics that some members of the care team wouldn’t have picked up on otherwise.
10/09/2025
09/25/2025
While providers shouldn’t expect changes to the hospice payment system anytime soon, there could be some relief on the way for those who provide certain specialized services related to ESRD and cancer.
09/18/2025
Leverage the expertise of your clinical managers to assist staff and streamline the transition to the HOPE tool to boost efficiencies and ensure timely submission.
09/11/2025
Register your hospice agency for the internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) well in advance of the Oct. 1, 2025, implementation of the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool.
08/28/2025
Stress the importance of timeliness and accuracy in patient assessments as the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool implementation is just weeks away. Providers that fail to prepare for the new quality reporting requirements will face challenges in getting staff trained and ready for submission — potentially risking across-the-board payment cuts.
08/07/2025
Hospices will see a payment update in October that is slightly higher than expected — 2.6% nationally, or an estimated $750 million.
07/18/2025
The most common reason for hospice denials in the first quarter of 2025 was that the claim was not hospice appropriate, according to Palmetto GBA, a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) servicing 16 states. Palmetto released its list of the top 10 hospice medical review denial reasons from January to March 2025 on May 16.

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