Hospice
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.
03/26/2026
Avoid inappropriate live discharges among your hospice patients with dementia by training staff to recognize the complicated symptoms and subtle declines that, if gone unnoticed, could wind up hurting your quality scores and agency ratings.
03/19/2026
Weigh the complications linked to common interventions around pain and non-pain symptom management for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias in hospice.
02/26/2026
Use new metrics in hospice quality reporting measures to determine what training your staff may need related to symptom management. Identifying and addressing pain and non-pain symptoms is key to not just providing highly rated care but ensuring that patients are able to achieve the best quality of life possible.
01/22/2026
Discuss at admission the patient information that attending physicians want to be updated about. Ongoing communication with these providers is key to ensuring not just a timely entry to care but strengthening your entire team’s efforts to support the patient and their family.
01/15/2026
CMS expanded its hospice oversight programs in December 2025 in its ongoing effort to root out hospice fraud, waste and abuse. While the structure of the Provisional Period of Enhanced Oversight (PPEO) and Targeted High-Risk Hospice (THRH) programs remain unchanged, the initiatives now apply to providers in Georgia and Ohio. 
12/11/2025
Hospice providers across the nation were relieved when CMS paused its controversial Special Focus Program (SFP) earlier this year, but the government hasn’t reigned in its scrutiny around hospice fraud and abuse.
11/20/2025
The HOPE tool has been in effect since Oct. 1, yet agencies are still running into a few hiccups along the way. For example, experts note that there are ongoing issues with understanding the Symptom Follow-up Visit (SFV).
11/20/2025
CMS will introduce its first two new HOPE-based process measures as part of the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) no earlier than November 2027.

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