Hospice Impacted by Home Health Proposed RuleCY 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Quality Reporting Program Requirements Have Been Posted Summary at a Glance Today, in the 4:15 p.m. ET posting of the Federal Register for June 30, 2023, the Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update and Quality Reporting Program Requirements proposed rule was posted to the public inspection part of the Federal Register. Hospice provisions were included in this CY 2024 Home Health rule because CMS had additional proposed regulatory text to include. This text was either developed since the Hospice Wage Index proposed rule was published, or some details were not ready at the time of the hospice rule publication. The Home Health rule is an alternative to allow additional proposed hospice provisions to be included in the same rulemaking year. Key Sections of this proposed rule include: Hospice Informal Dispute Resolution process, allowing a hospice with condition-level deficiencies seeking recertification to have an informal opportunity to resolve disputes related to survey findings. Special Focus Program proposed implementation regulations, including an algorithm for admission to the special focus program (SFP), requirements while enrolled, process for graduating from the SFP and termination from the Medicare program. Provider Enrollment proposed changes, including:
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NHPCO has begun the review of the proposed rule and will release a detailed analysis of the proposed rule and its components in the coming days. Any questions can be directed to [email protected] with ‘CY 2024 Home Health proposed rule’ in the subject line |