FY 2027 Hospice Wage Index, Payment Rate Update & Quality Reporting Program Requirements Final Rule
Published: 08/04/2026
Sources:
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
- Hospice
CMS has issued a final hospice rule for FY 2027. The following is a summary of the final rule:
- Finalized hospice payment update: 2.3%.
- Finalized hospice cap amount for FY 2027: $36,174.75.
- Finalized the requirement that hospices provide the hospice election statement addendum to all Medicare beneficiaries at the time of hospice election
- Finalized conforming regulation text changes to allow a physician designee or physician member of the interdisciplinary group (IDG), in addition to t…