CMS wants to bump pay for hospices, SNFs next year CMS wants to bump pay for hospices, SNFs next year Getty Images Hospices and skilled nursing facilities are likely to get a pay bump in 2022, CMS said Thursday. The agency plans to increase hospice payments by 2.3%, or $530 million, in 2022. The proposed aggregate cap for hospice payments is just under $31,390. According to a CMS fact sheet, CMS also plans to update the labor shares for continuous home care, route home care, inpatient respite care, and general inpatient care. The agency proposed to make permanent a waiver it issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that allows the use of a pseudo-patient for hospice aide competency training. CMS also wants to allow hospices to carry out targeted competency evaluations to focus on a hospice aide's specific deficiencies and related skills.