Hospice AI - Summarize the CMS Final Rule

Hospice AI - Summarize the CMS Final Rule
Hospice & Palliative Care Today staff; 8/21/25
Today we asked ChatGPT two questions. It created a 3-page detailed summary that included:

1. Summarize key points of the FY 2026 CMS Hospice Final Rule in a paragraph. The rule maintains stable financial support for hospices via a 2.6% payment increase and higher cap, while encouraging compliance with quality reporting. It also streamlines admission and attestation requirements, and incorporates technical fixes and infrastructure updates to advance quality reporting systems.
2. Compare differences between the FY 2025 CMS Hospice Final Rule and the FY 2026 CMS Hospice Final Rule.
1. Payment Update: 2025 +2.9%, cap $34,465, data penalty –1.1%; 2026 +2.6%, cap $35,361, penalty –1.4%.
2. Wage Index: 2025 New OMB delineations; applied methodology; 2026 Continued methodology; added Guam/territory index.
3. Admissions & Attestation: 2025 Clarified election/NOE and certification policy; 2026 Added IDG physician admission, signature/date attestation.
4. Quality Reporting: 2025 HOPE instrument, HQRP, CAHPS updates; 2026 Reinforced HQRP, HOPE, transition to iQIES.

Publisher's note: Just because it's from ChatGPT doesn't mean it's right! We still rely on our regulatory experts to review and edit AI output, and to explain it in historical context.