With the posting of the CY2024 Home Health final rule and the CY2024 Physician Fee Schedule final rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized changes that will have a significant impact on hospices. These include:
- Special Focus Program (SFP),
- Informal Dispute Resolution (IDR) process,
- 36-month rule related to changes in ownership,
- Change in categorical screening
- Addition of Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT) and Mental Health Counselor (MHC) to the interdisciplinary group
- Other provider enrollment changes
The effective date for these changes is January 1, 2024. Join NAHC as we detail these changes in a webinar on:
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Savings Time
Register here.
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Katie Wehri
Director of Home Health & Hospice Regulatory Affairs
NAHC
Washington, DC
202-240-9254 #3360
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