Description

The Hospice Final Payment Rule and Quality Updates are effective October 1, 2025. The Hospice Final Rule updates the payment rates, wage index and quality reporting requirements among other things.

This webinar will prepare hospices for regulatory updates, define the rate changes for all levels of hospice care, and provide a review of the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) Requirements with updates to the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) assessment tool and much more!

Our Speaker

Melinda A. Gaboury, COS-C, Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Provider Solutions

Melinda A. Gaboury, with more than 30 years in home care, has over 22 years of executive speaking and educating experience, including extensive day to day interaction with home care and hospice professionals. She routinely conducts Home Care and Hospice Reimbursement Workshops and speaks at state association meetings throughout the country. Melinda has profound experience in Medicare PDGM training, billing, collections, case-mix calculations, chart reviews and due diligence. UPIC, RA, ADR & TPE appeals with all Medicare MACs have become the forefront of Melinda’s current impact on the industry. She is currently serving as Chair of NAHC/HHFMA Advisory Board and Work Group and serves on the Board of Directors for both the Home Care Association of Florida and the Tennessee Association for Home Care. Melinda is also the author of the Home Health OASIS Guide to OASIS-E and Home Health Billing Answers, 2023.