FY2019 Hospice Medicare and Medicaid Base Rates – At a Glance

Beginning October 1, 2018, hospice base payment rates will increase by 1.8 percent.  In recent weeks the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released documents providing details of the rates; the final rates applicable to Medicare hospice services, along with a breakdown of the portion of payment that is and is not adjusted by…