# Medicare Program; FY 2018 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2017-08-04 · Effective 2017-10-01 · 82 FR 36638
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-16294
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 36638
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 418
- **Publication date:** 2017-08-04
- **Effective date:** 2017-10-01
- **HHS docket:** CMS-1675-F
## Abstract

This final rule will update the hospice wage index, payment rates, and cap amount for fiscal year (FY) 2018. Additionally, this rule includes new quality measures and provides an update on the hospice quality reporting program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/08/04/2017-16294/medicare-program-fy-2018-hospice-wage-index-and-payment-rate-update-and-hospice-quality-reporting)
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