CMS is also releasing a Request for Information (RFI) for positive solutions to better achieve transparency, flexibility, program simplification, and innovation.

CMS has issued a Proposed Rule for FY 2017 Medicare hospice benefit and there will be a Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) provider training webinar on May 10^th.

HPCANYS seeks workshop submissions for their 36th Annual Interdisciplinary Seminar and Meeting.

The Hospice and Palliative Care Association will be holding a couple of Peer Group meetings in December.

CMS posts the 2015 fiscal year hospice final rule which goes into effect Oct. 1, 2014.

CMS proposed a new rule for Medicare Hospice Providers for FY 2015.

An open door forum is scheduled for Weds., April 16, 2014 starting at 2 p.m.

CMS posted a final memorandum, “Part D Payment for Drugs for Beneficiaries Enrolled in Hospice—Final 2014 Guidance."