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B-333480 Aug 18, 2021 1 (2021-08-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaomdf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: O1O o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-333480 August 18, 2021 The Honorable Ron Wyden Chairman The Honorable Mike Crapo Ranking Member Committee on Finance United States Senate The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr. Chairman The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers Ranking Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives The Honorable Richard Neal Chairman The Honorable Kevin Brady Ranking Member Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives Subject: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Medicare Program; FY 2022 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, Hospice and Home Health Quality Reporting Program Requirements Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) entitled Medicare Program; FY 2022 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, Hospice and Home Health Quality Reporting Program Requirements (RIN: 0938-AU41). We received the rule on August 2, 2021. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on August 4, 2021. 86 Fed. Reg. 42528. The effective date is October 1, 2021. According to CMS, the final rule updates the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for fiscal year 2022. CMS stated the final rule makes changes to the labor shares of the hospice payment rates and finalizes clarifying regulations text changes to the election statement addendum that was implemented on October 1, 2020. In addition, CMS further stated the final rule makes permanent selected regulatory blanket waivers that were issued to Medicare-participating hospice agencies during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) and updates the hospice conditions of participation. Finally, CMS stated the final rule updates the Hospice Quality Reporting Program and finalizes changes beginning with the January 2022

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