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CMS to Sunset Look-Alike Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plans in 2023

Hospice News

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2023 will phase out dual-eligibility special needs look-alike plans within Medicare Advantage. Close to 12 million people in the United States qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid. Some hospice patients rely on these plans for other health needs, such as nursing home costs.

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Choice Health Acquires Private Duty Company Instant Care, Enters Arizona Market

Hospice News

Established in 2003, Instant Care of Arizona provides in-home senior care and caregiving support to patients and their families in Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe, Scottsdale, among 15 other cities throughout the Maricopa County area. The transaction also gives Choice its first foothold in the Grand Canyon State. By 2050, nearly 2.5

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Voices: Deanna Heath, VP of Hospice and Palliative Care Services, KanTime

Hospice News

Deanna Heath: I have worked in the post-acute space since 2003 with a focus in hospice. For the first time ever, the model will test the carve-in of the hospice benefit into Medicare Advantage with the provision of palliative care, transitional concurrent care and supplemental benefits — all spliced and bundled into the VBID model.

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Choice Health CEO Jackson: Instant Care Deal an Extraordinary Opportunity in Non-Medical Home Care

Hospice News

Established in 2003, Instant Care of Arizona provides in-home senior care and caregiving support to patients and their families in Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe, Scottsdale, among 15 other cities throughout the Maricopa County area. Veterans programs and managed care organizations also have become more involved in the space. As of 2019, the U.S.

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Progress in Dementia Care as Treatments and Prevention Lag Behind

AJN Off the Charts

In a comparison of air pollution data with Medicare data from more than 24 million urban and nonurban U.S. As the first new drug for Alzheimer disease since 2003, it generated tremendous excitement despite caution from experts about inadequate evidence of efficacy as well as serious side effects, including brain bleeds.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?

Pallimed

In November 2003, the Orlando Sentinel published a series of articles on OxyContin, exemplifying the media’s moral panic about opioids (12). This unexpectedly and undesirably increased health insurers’ medication costs, including Medicare and Medicaid (22). Orlando Sentinel, October 19, 2003. Orlando Sentinel, December 5, 2003.

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Hospice CEO, Chief Compliance Officer Collaborations Key to Quality

Hospice News

Ervin joined Avow Hospice in 2003, working in various clinical and non-clinical roles. This year has brought several regulatory changes to the hospice space, including the proliferation of various audits , including Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) audits conducted by Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACS).

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