# Medicare Program; FY 2017 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2016-08-05 · Effective 2016-10-01 · 81 FR 52144
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-18221
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 52144
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 418
- **Publication date:** 2016-08-05
- **Effective date:** 2016-10-01
- **HHS docket:** CMS-1652-F
## Abstract

This final rule will update the hospice wage index, payment rates, and cap amount for fiscal year (FY) 2017. In addition, this rule changes the hospice quality reporting program, including adopting new quality measures. Finally, this final rule includes information regarding the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/05/2016-18221/medicare-program-fy-2017-hospice-wage-index-and-payment-rate-update-and-hospice-quality-reporting)
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