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summary: This final rule updates the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate
  cap amount for fiscal year 2027. This final rule also includes an analysis of Medicare
  non-hospice spending, including details regarding a hospice service and spending
  variation index, and finalizes the requirement that hospices provide the hospice
  election statement addendum to all Medicare beneficiaries at the time of hospice
  election. Additionally, this rule finalizes conforming changes to discharge from
  hospice care regulations and changes to the face-to-face encounter regulations.
  This final rule also includes a summary of comments received on our requests for
  information regarding community- based palliative care; the construction of a hospice
  specific wage index; and the overlap between hospice and medical aid in dying laws.
  Finally, this rule finalizes changes to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program.
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summary_en: This final rule updates the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate
  cap amount for fiscal year 2027. This final rule also includes an analysis of Medicare
  non-hospice spending, including details regarding a hospice service and spending
  variation index, and finalizes the requirement that hospices provide the hospice
  election statement addendum to all Medicare beneficiaries at the time of hospice
  election. Additionally, this rule finalizes conforming changes to discharge from
  hospice care regulations and changes to the face-to-face encounter regulations.
  This final rule also includes a summary of comments received on our requests for
  information regarding community- based palliative care; the construction of a hospice
  specific wage index; and the overlap between hospice and medical aid in dying laws.
  Finally, this rule finalizes changes to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program.
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# Medicare Program; FY 2027 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements

## TL;DR
This final rule updates the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for fiscal year 2027. This final rule also includes an analysis of Medicare non-hospice spending, including details regarding a hospice service and spending variation index, and finalizes the requirement that hospices provide the hospice election statement addendum to all Medicare beneficiaries at the time of hospice election. Additionally, this rule finalizes conforming changes to discharge from hospice care regulations and changes to the face-to-face encounter regulations. This final rule also includes a summary of comments received on our requests for information regarding community- based palliative care; the construction of a hospice specific wage index; and the overlap between hospice and medical aid in dying laws. Finally, this rule finalizes changes to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program.

## Key Points
- Health facilities / Hospice care / Medicare / Reporting and recordkeeping requirements

## Details
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## Source
元記事: [Medicare Program; FY 2027 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/03/2026-15686/medicare-program-fy-2027-hospice-wage-index-and-payment-rate-update-and-hospice-quality-reporting) — published 2026-08-03T00:00:00Z