Part 418 — Hospice Care
Subpart A — General Provision and Definitions
Subpart B — Eligibility, Election and Duration of Benefits
- § 418.20— Eligibility requirements.
- § 418.21— Duration of hospice care coverage—Election periods.
- § 418.22— Certification of terminal illness.
- § 418.24— Election of hospice care.
- § 418.25— Admission to hospice care.
- § 418.26— Discharge from hospice care.
- § 418.28— Revoking the election of hospice care.
- § 418.30— Change of the designated hospice.
Subpart C — Conditions of Participation: Patient Care
- § 418.52— Condition of participation: Patient's rights.
- § 418.54— Condition of participation: Initial and comprehensive assessment of the patient.
- § 418.56— Condition of participation: Interdisciplinary group, care planning, and coordination of services.
- § 418.58— Condition of participation: Quality assessment and performance improvement.
- § 418.60— Condition of participation: Infection control.
- § 418.62— Condition of participation: Licensed professional services.
- § 418.64— Condition of participation: Core services.
- § 418.66— Condition of participation: Nursing services—Waiver of requirement that substantially all nursing services be routinely provided directly by a hospice.
- § 418.70— Condition of participation: Furnishing of non-core services.
- § 418.72— Condition of participation: Physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology.
- § 418.74— Waiver of requirement—Physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, and dietary counseling.
- § 418.76— Condition of participation: Hospice aide and homemaker services.
- § 418.78— Conditions of participation—Volunteers.
Subpart D — Conditions of participation: Organizational Environment
- § 418.100— Condition of Participation: Organization and administration of services.
- § 418.102— Condition of participation: Medical director.
- § 418.104— Condition of participation: Clinical records.
- § 418.106— Condition of participation: Drugs and biologicals, medical supplies, and durable medical equipment.
- § 418.108— Condition of participation: Short-term inpatient care.
- § 418.110— Condition of participation: Hospices that provide inpatient care directly.
- § 418.112— Condition of participation: Hospices that provide hospice care to residents of a SNF/NF or ICF/IID.
- § 418.113— Condition of participation: Emergency preparedness.
- § 418.114— Condition of participation: Personnel qualifications.
- § 418.116— Condition of participation: Compliance with Federal, State, and local laws and regulations related to the health and safety of patients.
Subpart F — Covered Services
Subpart G — Payment for Hospice Care
- § 418.301— Basic rules.
- § 418.302— Payment procedures for hospice care.
- § 418.304— Payment for physician, and nurse practitioner, and physician assistant services.
- § 418.306— Annual update of the payment rates and adjustment for area wage differences.
- § 418.307— Periodic interim payments.
- § 418.308— Limitation on the amount of hospice payments.
- § 418.309— Hospice aggregate cap.
- § 418.310— Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
- § 418.311— Administrative appeals.
- § 418.312— Data submission requirements under the hospice quality reporting program.