Understanding CMS' Special Focus Program: The Latest in Hospice Oversight and Compliance
- August 16, 2024
- Rachel Hold-Weiss , Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan and Aronoff LLP
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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