Medicare program; FY 2014 hospice wage index and payment rate update; hospice quality reporting requirements; and updates on payment reform. final rule.
Fed Regist
; 78(152): 48233-81, 2013 Aug 07.
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This final rule updates the hospice payment rates and the wage index for fiscal year (FY) 2014, and continues the phase out of the wage index budget neutrality adjustment factor (BNAF). Including the FY 2014 15 percent BNAF reduction, the total 5 year cumulative BNAF reduction in FY 2014 will be 70 percent. The BNAF phase-out will continue with successive 15 percent reductions in FY 2015 and FY 2016. This final rule also clarifies how hospices are to report diagnoses on hospice claims, and provides updates to the public on hospice payment reform. Additionally, this final rule changes the requirements for the hospice quality reporting program by discontinuing currently reported measures and implementing a Hospice Item Set with seven National Quality Forum (NFQ) endorsed measures beginning July 1, 2014, as proposed. Finally, this final rule will implement the hospice Experience of Care Survey on January 1, 2015, as proposed.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Garantía de la Calidad de Atención de Salud
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Sistema de Pago Prospectivo
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Medicare
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Cuidados Paliativos al Final de la Vida
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Reforma de la Atención de Salud
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Hospitales para Enfermos Terminales
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Fed Regist
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos