What’s changed in hospice in 2024?

08/07/24 at 03:00 AM

What’s changed in hospice in 2024?
Managed Healthcare Executive; By Deborah Abrams Kaplan; 8/5/24
Hospice use continues to grow as more older people have serious diseases, leading to the need for more palliative care. At the same time, CMS is adapting and trying new models to measure and improve quality and pay for services. The federal government spent $23.7 billion on hospice care in 2022, according to the latest Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) report, with at least 1.7 million Medicare beneficiaries receiving service. This includes nearly half of Medicare beneficiaries who died that year. Here’s what to expect over the next year. [Summarized]

Hospice carve-out
Physician eligibility
Show me the money
What’s coming up in 2025?

Notable Mentions: Tarrah Lowry, interim president of Trustbridge and chief operating officer of Empath Health; Patrick Harrison, J.D., senior director of regulatory and compliance at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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