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MedPAC to Congress: Freeze Hospice Rates in 2025

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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%

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                                                                                                              The High Costs of Limited Hospice Access for Dementia Patients 

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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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Dementia Patients Less Likely Than Others to Receive Hospice Care

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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).

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Trinity Health at Home Acquires Above & Beyond Home Health Care and Hospice

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Its home care services include nursing, and physical occupational and speech therapies, among others. Iowa in 2018 ranked seventh for hospice utilization among Medicare decedents at 56.2%, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Hospice utilization runs high in Iowa compared to other states.

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NHPCO Facts and Figures Report Shows Growing Number of Hospice Patients 

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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.

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NHPCO Annual Leadership Conference Celebrates Volunteers and Awards Honorees

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For Immediate Release October 5, 2023 Photo Link (Alexandria, Va) – This week the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) honored standout members of the hospice and palliative care community during the 2023 NHPCO Annual Leadership Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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For-Profit or Nonprofit, Hospice Is Not a ‘Hustle’

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The National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), for instance, filed an amicus brief with the court. 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.

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