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WiHPCA Legislative & Regulatory Quick Notes

June 28, 2022 11:29 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

The National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) recently sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) urging Congress to take immediate action to prevent the one percent Medicare payment cut set to go into effect on July 1, 2022. With hospices already facing potentially devastating financial pressures, the NPHI request stresses the negative consequences of the cut and strongly encourages Congress to avert the reduction before it’s too late. NPHI was joined by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), and LeadingAge in sharing these sentiments with Congressional leaders. The full letter can be found here.
U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) have reintroduced the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), a bipartisan bill to grow, improve and sustain the palliative and hospice care workforce to keep pace with patients’ needs and to help improve the well-being of Americans with life-threatening illnesses and their families. A one pager on the bill is available here. Full text of the legislation is available here. WiHPCA members can help advance this important legislation by contacting their members of Congress and urging them to support the proposal through the NHPCO’s Hospice Action Network. The network is completely automated. You simply need to enter your name, address, and limited contact information and the Network takes care of the rest.
Earlier this month, NPHI released their submitted comments to CMS regarding the FY23 Hospice Payment Rate Update proposed rule [fact sheet, full rule]. NPHI's full comment letter can be found here. The final rule including responses from CMS to comments and questions raised by stakeholders is expected to be released later this summer.

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