CMS will not resume implementation of Hospice SFP in 2025
03/30/25 at 03:25 AM
CMS will not resume implementation of Hospice SFP in 2025
Hospice News; by Jim Parker; 3/25/25
A federal court has ordered a stay on litigation intended to block the hospice Special Focus Program (SFP) after the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) pledged that it would not resume implementation during 2025. The crux of a lawsuit filed by hospice organizations against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the criteria that the agency uses to select hospices for the new Special Focus Program (SFP). [Continue reading ...]