Report 2021-123 Recommendation Responses
Report 2021-123: California Hospice Licensure and Oversight: The State's Weak Oversight of Hospice Agencies Has Created Opportunities for Large-Scale Fraud and Abuse (Release Date: March 2022)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To ensure that the public has adequate information when selecting a hospice agency to provide care, the Legislature should require Public Health to revise its Cal Health Find website by October 2022, to include the following: A quality-of-care rating system for hospice agencies similar to the one that CMS uses for Care Compare. After all hospices have been inspected based on the new regulations, Public Health should begin reporting the quality-of-care ratings.
Description of Legislative Action
The Legislature did not take action in the 2021-2022 Legislative Session to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2023