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August 16, 2024   
Health Law Weekly

Understanding CMS' Special Focus Program: The Latest in Hospice Oversight and Compliance

  • August 16, 2024
  • Rachel Hold-Weiss , Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan and Aronoff LLP
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The Special Focus Program (SFP) is a new tool in the arsenal of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for monitoring and enforcing hospice standards. The SFP is used to identify poor-performing hospices based on certain established quality indicators, subjecting them to enhanced oversight for a set time period until they either improve and emerge from the SFP or are terminated from participation in the Medicare program.

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