Hospice News

MAY 27, 2022

These include the audit system created by Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014, and the two-tiered reimbursement for routine home care that reduced payment amounts after 60 days. Due to rising utilization, Medicare hospice expenditures increase by about $1 billion annually.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The home health and hospice acquisition extends CommCare’s reach across Louisiana and in parts of Mississippi where Notre Dame provides services. The Notre Dame Health System launched services in 1977, and in the past two years provided roughly 131,000 days of hospice care to more than 1,800 patients. Census Bureau.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Vast disparities in hospice utilization exist among some groups and demographics. Combined, Asians, African Americans and Hispanics in 2018 represented only 20% of Medicare hospice patients, while the remaining 80% were Caucasian, according NHPCO. Palliative Care Providers Hitting Walls in Value-Based Reimbursement.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Starting with the headline, the story uses “hospice” as a monolithic term that makes little distinction among individual providers — heralding it overgeneralized and oversimplified perspective. Even when a hospice plays by the rules, death does not. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to “modernize” the benefit.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

What is our role as hospice and palliative care providers in advocating for high-quality hospice care? If you are interested in signing the position statement “Core Roles and Responsibilities of Physicians in Hospice Care”, click here. JAMA IM 2021 Hospice Acquisitions by Profit-Driven Private Equity Firms.

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