0938-AT00 201610 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS FY 2018 Hospice Rate Update (CMS-1675-P)

This annual proposed rule would update the hospice payment rates and the wage index for fiscal year 2018.

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We are required to annually issue the hospice wage index based on the most current available CMS hospital wage data, including any changes to the definitions of Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) or previously used Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs).

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This rule proposes updates to the hospice payment rates for fiscal year as required under section 1814(i) of the Social Security Act (the Act). This rule also proposes new quality measures and provides an update on the hospice quality reporting program (HQRP) consistent with the requirements of section 1814(i)(5) of the Act, as added by section 3004(c) of the Affordable Care Act.

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None. This is a statutory requirement.

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Total expenditures will be adjusted for FY 2018.

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If this regulation is not published timely, Hospice services will not be paid appropriately beginning October 1, 2017.

]]> NPRM 04/00/2017 Undetermined Undetermined No No No Hillary Loeffler Director, Division of Home Health and Hospice 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-0456 hillary.loeffler@cms.hhs.gov Center for Medicare, MS: C5-07-22, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244