2025 third_quarter Filing

Issues related to health care workforce shortages.

Monitored implementation of the Dole Act and access to hospice services for Veterans.

Issues concerning access to and reimbursement for the Medicare Hospice benefit. Medicare Advantage and the hospice benefit. The Hospice Special Focus Program. Issues regarding program integrity. Issues related to regulatory relief.
H.R.1720, Hospice Recertification Flexibility Act.
H.R. 3467, to amend Title XVIII to reform the Medicare Advantage program as it relates to hospice services. Issues regarding telehealth and hospice care.
S.1261, CONNECT for Health Act of 2025; H.R. 5081 / S. 2709, Telehealth Modernization Act.
S. 1935, Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act. Policies related to implementation of the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) assessment tool.