DOH offers training documents to get hospice providers up to speed on the new requirement.

Providers notified of non-compliance for calendar year 2017 have until Aug. 7^th to file a reconsideration request.

The focus of the webinar will be to help providers understand the reports that are available through the Hospice Quality Reporting Program as well as to understand and access the information contained within these reports.

DOH has published the CY 2018 Medicaid hospice residence and non-residence rates, the initial 2018 Medicaid fee-for-service rates for consumer directed/personal care programs outside of New York City, and the initial 2018 Medicaid fee-for-service rates for CHHAs serving pediatric patients.

HHS reminds hospice providers of specific ways they can improve reporting on election statements.

CMS has released two series of educational modules for streaming by hospice providers and issued a revised Home Health Prospective Payment System Booklet.

CMS will host a webinar on the Hospice Quality Reporting Program on March 27^th; Hospice Abstraction Reporting Tool now available.

To align with Medicare Home Health CoP changes, a technical document on the updated logic for the Timely Initiation of Care process measure has been posted to CMS’ Home Health Quality Measures webpage; CMS to host webinar on palliative and hospice care for adults with disabilities on March 7^th.