Program

Medicare Hospice Benefit Payment System

Department: HHS

The cabinet-level department or independent agency responsible for the program

Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

The specific agency or sub-agency that administers the program

Program Type:Direct Benefit

The functional category of the program

In Official FIP? Not represented

(Detail row added beneath broader HHS carrier program.)

Confidence Level: Detail / zero-carry

Authorizing Statute: 42 U.S.C. 1395f(a)(7); 42 U.S.C. 1395x(dd)

Funding Status: See carrier row

Primary Source: https://obamaadministration.archives.performance.gov/federalprograminventory.html

Notes: Medicare Hospice Benefit Payment System nested beneath Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund Benefit Payments.

Additional details about data sources and custom mapping of data are available on the Data Details page.

Outlays (millions)

Actual money spent in FY2024

$0

Source: TAS-based mapping (high confidence)

Obligations (millions)

Money the government committed to spend in FY2024

$0

Source: TAS-based mapping (high confidence)

Budget Authority (millions)

The amount Congress authorized agencies to commit

$0

Source: 0 entered intentionally; this is a detail row nested under ‘Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund Benefit Payments’ to increase program visibility without double counting. See Fiscal Method.

Revenue Loss (millions)

Estimated revenue not collected due to tax policy (tax expenditures)

$0

Source: TAS-based mapping (high confidence)

Primary Amount

The primary fiscal measure used for the program

$0

Dollar Basis

The primary fiscal measure used for the program

Outlays

Note: Detail row added from statute/authorization-first review plus archived agency plans/reports layer; dollars remain on the broader carrier row ‘Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund Benefit Payments’.

Dollar Quality

How directly the dollar amount reflects observed data

Carry-Zero

Actual = reported or observed spending, Estimated = derived from modeling or mapping, Carry-Zero = structural row with no direct dollars