House-passed funding bill makes Medicare hospice benefit a ‘piggybank,’ provider groups argue

House-passed funding bill makes Medicare hospice benefit a ‘piggybank,’ provider groups argue 
McKnights Home Care, by Adam Healy; 3/7/24 
To keep the government open in fiscal year 2024, hospice partially may be bankrolling it — and providers are not pleased about this prospect. The House late Wednesday passed a newly released appropriations bill that includes an extension of the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act). This act which would effectively allow the Medicare hospice benefit to act as a pay-for for nonhospice legislative priorities.