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Hospice

Information on hospice, including memos and rules from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), information on the Conditions of Participation, information from MedPAC, and legislative, funding, and regulatory updates.

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LeadingAge and Hospice Members Report

Partners in Providing Quality Care to Older Adults

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Nonprofit Hospice Services Report

Where Mission and Community Meet

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Hospice Market Snapshot Report

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Hospice Payment Tools

  1. Direct Contracting Model Announced

    The DC model is aimed at creating new opportunities to test an array of financial risk-sharing arrangements and builds on lessons learned from the Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) initiatives including the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and the Next Generation ACO (NextGen). The DC model also draws on payment ...

  2. LeadingAge Recommends LTSS Policy Changes to Congress

    Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX), through the Committee’s Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force, put out a Request for Information (RFI) on ...

  3. Congressional Committee Hearings on Aging Services

    Hearing testimony discussed the challenges of family and other informal caregiving, workforce shortages, the difficulties of navigating the long-term services and supports systems, challenges with accessing care especially in rural areas, and the necessity for better ways of financing essential services for growing numbers of ...

  4. Grandfamilies Raising 2.65 Million Children

    Across the United State, more than 2.65 million children live in grandfamilies, according to A Place to Call Home: Building Affordable Housing for Grandfamilies. The report was issued on November 13. “Parental ...

  5. Hospice and Palliative Care Legislative Update

    Palliative Care Education and Training Act (H.R. 687/