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Hospice News
AUGUST 17, 2022
Medicare claims for unrelated services creates serious financial and legal risks for hospice providers — even if they are not the ones who sent the bill. During recent years, payouts for non-hospice services provided to Medicare beneficiaries have tipped into the billions. These “unrelated” payments have been soaring.
Hospice News
APRIL 7, 2023
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking answers from the hospice community — including some around utilization patterns and non-hospice spending. The recently proposed 2024 hospice payment rule contained a 2.8% In Fiscal Year 2022, routine home care accounted for 98.8% As many as 72.2%
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Hospice News
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
NYSE: HCA) and the University of Central Florida (UCF) recently added a new graduate fellowship in hospice and palliative care medicine to their existing repertoire of training programs. Demand for culturally diverse hospice and palliative care in Florida is growing as minority aging populations swell.
Hospice News
MAY 22, 2023
Though older Asian-American adults may be less likely to discuss pain and symptom management needs with their health care professionals, they may be more receptive to the psychosocial support included in hospice and palliative care, according to recent research from VITAS’ Healthcare. between 2010 and 2019.
1-800-HOSPICE
MARCH 21, 2023
The American Society of Clinical Oncology describes hospice as an essential component of end-of-life (EOL) care. 1 As such, hospice utilization among patients with hematologic malignancies merits scrutiny as an area where hospice utilization is traditionally lower than with solid malignancies.
GeriPal
JUNE 22, 2023
Summary Transcript Summary In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a prison. This 17-bed unit serves inmates from all over the state who are approaching the end of their lives. Eric: And you’re also the medical director of the hospice unit here.
GeriPal
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
He wants to know what do you guys think about the effect of private equity on hospice and long-term care? Eric: One out of six hospices, so there is financial concern, not just again with hospices, nursing homes, and now physician groups. ” And, he said, “End of life care.”
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