Hospice Watchdog Asks Permission to Keep Watching Hospices
Published Date: 1/13/2025
Notice
Summary
The Joint Commission wants to keep being the official group that checks hospices for Medicare and Medicaid. This means hospices using their approval can keep helping patients with these programs. People have until February 12, 2025, to share their thoughts, but no big changes or costs are expected right now.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
TJC Accreditation Lets Hospices Be 'Deemed'
The Joint Commission applied for continued recognition so hospices it accredits can be "deemed" to meet Medicare conditions and participate in Medicare and Medicaid. The application was determined complete on November 20, 2024, and TJC's current approval term expires June 18, 2025.
No New Paperwork or Reporting Burden
The notice states it does not impose reporting, recordkeeping, or third-party disclosure requirements and therefore does not require review by the Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. That means this action does not add new information-collection duties for hospices or others.
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