HPS Free Webinar – Hospice Billing Update 2025

This webinar will give you all the current key points to remember with hospice billing. We will review the finalized rates from the 2025 Hospice Final Rule and others updates from that rule. We will do a brief overview of the billing items that impact the Hospice Care Index (HCI) and the implications for public reporting and hospices being selected for the Special Focus Program. Please don’t miss this informative webinar that will answer your many questions about hospice billing.

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TIMESTAMPS
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0:00 Webinar Introduction
1:00 Credit Balance Report
2:36 Hospice Final Rule 2025
4:47 2025 Final Payment Rates
5:45 Wage Index
10:59 Face-to-Face Requirements
15:30 Telehealth Face-to-Face
17:30 Physician Certification Clarification
18:20 Notice of Election and Election Statement Regulations
20:03 Routine Home Care
22:28 Continuous Home Care
30:42 Inpatient Respite Care
33:48 General Inpatient Care
36:10 Service Intensity Add-on
39:43 CAHPS Hospice Survey Changes
40:47 CAHPS Hospice Survey Public Reporting
45:00 HOPE Tool
46:10 HOPE Compliance and Impact
47:16 HOPE Reporting Requirements
50:40 Special Focus Program
53:33 Quality Indicators
55:54 HQRP QM – Medicare Claims Data
56:29 Hospice Care Index (HCI) Detail
1:02:43 Graduation or Termination for Special Focus Program
1:04:47 Provisional Period of Enhanced Oversight
1:07:57 Questions and Closing Remarks
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► 2024 Hospice Year in Review and Looking Forward to 2025: https://bit.ly/3DFEXze
► 2025 Hospice Final Rule Released: https://bit.ly/3X94Nlg
► Reviewing Rare Updates to the 2025 Home Health Consolidated Billing Listing: https://bit.ly/4e2437X
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Melinda A. Gaboury and D. Mark Cannon, CPA, founded Healthcare Provider Solutions, Inc. in April 2001 to provide products and services to the home care and hospice industries. Their staff of seasoned professionals serve clients nationwide, including the US territories. Healthcare Provider Solutions’ core services include home care & hospice billing and collections, receivable collection projects, outsourced coding, clinical compliance chart reviews, operational reviews, and education through seminars and webinars.