Enhancing Hospice Oversight and Transparency Act

Issues concerning access to and reimbursement for the Medicare Hospice benefit. Issues related to regulatory relief. Monitored Medicare Advantage and the hospice benefit. Issues regarding program integrity. Issues regarding telehealth and hospice care. The Hospice Special Focus Program. Monitored S. 1845, Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act and issues related to community-based palliative care. Issues concerning hospice surveys. H.R. 8261, Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act. H.R. 9803, Hospice CARE Act of 2024. H.R. 10097, Enhancing Hospice Oversight and Transparency Act. H.R. 10445, Furthering Continuing Appropriations and Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025 and H.R. 10545, The American Relief Act of 2025, as it relates to access to hospice services.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues concerning access to and reimbursement for the Medicare Hospice benefit. Issues related to regulatory relief. Monitored Medicare Advantage and the hospice benefit. Issues regarding program integrity. Issues regarding telehealth and hospice care. The Hospice Special Focus Program. Monitored S. 1845, Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act and issues related to community-based palliative care. Issues concerning hospice surveys. H.R. 8261, Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act. H.R. 9803, Hospice CARE Act of 2024. H.R. 10097, Enhancing Hospice Oversight and Transparency Act. H.R. 10445, Furthering Continuing Appropriations and Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025 and H.R. 10545, The American Relief Act of 2025, as it relates to access to hospice services.

Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues concerning access to the Medicare hospice benefit and palliative care. Issues regarding reimbursement for the Medicare hospice benefit and alternative payment models. Issues concerning Medicare Advantage and the hospice benefit. Issues regarding community based palliative care and advanced care illness management. Issues regarding program integrity. Hospice CARE Act of 2024 (H.R. 9803). Issues regarding regulatory relief. Issues regarding hospice telehealth flexibilities. CONNECT for Health Act of 2023 (H.R. 4189 / S. 2016). Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 (H.R. 7623 / S. 3967). Hospice Recertification Flexibility Act (H.R. 8278). Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act (H.R. 8261). Issues regarding hospice coding as it relates to telehealth and spiritual care. Issues regarding bereavement care. Issues regarding in-patient and in-home respite care. Issues regarding the hospice and palliative care workforce. Issues pertaining to the hospice election statement and election statement addendum. Issues pertaining to concurrent care. Issues related to children's access to hospice and palliative care. Issues involving the Hospice Special Focus Program. Enhancing Hospice Oversight and Transparency Act (H.R. 10097). Issues relating to physician enrollment requirements. Furthering Continuing Appropriations and Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 10445) and The American Relief Act of 2025 (H.R. 10545, ), as they relate to access to hospice services.

Client expense: $300,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office