THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC
Lobbying for THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME · Organization representing home-based providers of hospice, palliative & home health care.
Issues concerning access to and reimbursement for the Medicare Hospice benefit. Medicare Advantage and the hospice benefit. Issues regarding program integrity. Issues regarding telehealth and hospice care. The Hospice Special Focus Program. Issues related to regulatory relief and audit burden. H.R. 1968 (P.L. 119-4), Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, as it relates to hospice face to face telehealth recertification. H.R. 1720, Hospice Recertification Flexibility Act.
Issues related to health care workforce shortages. Monitored issues regarding palliative care and hospice education and training.
Monitored access for veteran use of hospice and VA burial benefits.