Last month, WiHPCA joined hospice stakeholders across the country in singing-on to a National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) letter to provide input to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the agency’s proposed 2024 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update rule.

While the proposed rule contains numerous items of interest and concern to the hospice community, which are laid out in the NAHC letter, WiHPCA is specifically concerned about the rule’s proposed 2024 Hospice Payment Update Percentage. The rule’s 2.8% increase includes a market-basket percentage increase of 3% and a 0.2 percentage point productivity adjustment. While WiHPCA members appreciate any increase, the 2.8% update fails to keep pace with the rising costs that are being absorbed by hospice providers in Wisconsin and across the country.

Please CLICK HERE to read the NAHC/WiHPCA letter to CMS.