Hospice News
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Even more so, specific Medicare and Medicaid policies perpetuate this cycle. In the study, researchers present the case of an independent 87-year-old woman with moderate dementia admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. After exhausting her Medicare benefits, she depleted her assets and paid out of pocket until qualifying for Medicaid.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed new approaches for enforcing hospice regulations that will become effective on Jan. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed new approaches for enforcing hospice regulations that will become effective on Jan. During late 2021 and 2022, the U.S.
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GeriPal
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” ” You know?
GeriPal
JULY 6, 2023
Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. I think it’s a little known fact that the Older Americans Act, which is kind of our mothership, was passed at the same time as Medicare and Medicaid in 1965.
Home Care Pulse
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Now to tackle this big subject, we are so lucky to be joined by Kristen Wheeler, and many of you probably know her in the healthcare industry since 1990 and in home care since 2006. There’s a huge jump in the number of Medicare Advantage plans coming onto the market in 2023. Kristen, thank you so much for joining us today.
Home Care Pulse
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Now to tackle this big subject, we are so lucky to be joined by Kristen Wheeler, and many of you probably know her in the healthcare industry since 1990 and in home care since 2006. There’s a huge jump in the number of Medicare Advantage plans coming onto the market in 2023. Kristen, thank you so much for joining us today.
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