Hospice CARE Act of 2026 amends Medicare provisions to enhance oversight, ensure integrity, and reform payments for hospice care.
The Hospice CARE Act of 2026 amends Medicare provisions to enhance oversight, ensure integrity, and reform payments for hospice care. Key provisions include a temporary moratorium on new hospice program enrollments, increased survey frequency for certain programs, and enhanced oversight for programs with aberrant billing patterns. The bill also mandates face-to-face encounters before recertifications of terminal illness, requires hospice programs to provide an addendum of noncovered services, and adjusts payment rates for hospice care.
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