Hospice News
MARCH 15, 2024
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has recommended to Congress a freeze on hospice payment increases starting in 2025. The 2021 aggregated Medicare hospice margin was 13.3%, according to MedPAC. Close to 5,900 hospices operated in the United States during 2002. Of those, 1,169 were nonprofits, a 1.4%
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
During the past decade, Medicare beneficiaries with dementia who utilized hospice had lower overall health care costs than those who did not, according to the Health Affairs study. are increasingly concerned that greater use of the Medicare hospice benefit by people with dementia is driving up costs,” researchers wrote in the study.
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Hospice News
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
The Medicare Hospice Benefit initially was designed around the needs of cancer patients, but now the number of patients with other diagnoses is growing — some with less predictable disease patterns. of hospice enrollees in 2019, up from 9% in 2002, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).
Hospice News
MAY 26, 2022
Iowa in 2018 ranked seventh for hospice utilization among Medicare decedents at 56.2%, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. The organization underwent a rebranding process between 1997 and 2002 as its service line evolved to include home health and hospice. Utah held the highest rate that year at 60.5%.
NHPCO
DECEMBER 15, 2022
(Alexandria, Va) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) published the 2022 edition of NHPCO Facts and Figures , an annual report on key data points related to the delivery of hospice care, including information on patient characteristics, location and level of care, Medicare hospice spending, and hospice providers.
NHPCO
OCTOBER 5, 2023
In her decades of service, Lund Person has served as a key contact with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and helped ensure that policymakers hear the hospice voice. Judi Lund Person, who currently serves as Senior Advisor of Regulatory and Compliance for NHPCO, is a widely acknowledged and respected hospice champion.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 2, 2022
When the Medicare Hospice Benefit became a permanent program in 1982, its parameters were designed specifically for cancer patients. of hospice enrollees in 2019, up from 9% in 2002, according to NHPCO. Longer lengths of stay do generate higher margins , the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reported in 2019.
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