The SFP is a program conducted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to identify hospices as poor performers, based on defined quality indicators, in which CMS selects hospices for increased oversight to ensure that they meet Medicare requirements.
The SFP implementation is on January 1, 2024. However, on the CMS Hospice Forum Call on November 14, 2023, they indicated that while the effective date of the SFP is January 1, 2024, the selection of hospices for the SFP is not expected to begin until late 2024.
For more information: CMS Hospice Special Focus Program