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Congress Grills HHS on Hospice Program Integrity

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Members of Congress are raising questions about the continued Medicare certification for new hospices in areas rife with fraud. Some of these providers engaged in referral kickback schemes, enrolled patients who were not eligible for hospice and lied to them about being terminally ill. of hospices) 2024 (No.

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UNC Health Southeastern Sells Home-Based Hospice Program to Lower Cape Fear LifeCare

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Cape Fear LifeCare will also assist UNC by providing palliative care consultations within the hospital. As reasons behind the sale, the hospital cited efforts to more closely align its scope of services to its overarching mission as an acute care hospital and to improve efficiency. Census Bureau.

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Systematic Change Needed to Support Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients

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At the same time, the ratio of potential caregivers to seriously ill seniors is expected to shrink to 4-to-1 by 2023, a “sharp decline” from 7-to-1 in 2010, AARP reported. Potential impact on hospice utilization The strain on caregivers could mean that ultimately fewer patients will be able to receive hospice care in their homes.

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SCAN Health Plan CEO Sachin Jain: Don’t Lose Sight of Patients in the Quest for Value

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billion Medicare Advantage (MA) organization that covers more than 270,000 members. In 2010 and 2011, he was a special advisor to then U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Don Berwick. Among the authors of that article was Dr. Meena Seshamani, director of the Center for Medicare within CMS. “We

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Hospices Seek Stronger Ties with Underserved Asian Communities

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Racial and socioeconomic disparities in hospice and palliative care have been persistent problems in the field for decades, including among communities of Asian origin. To help providers close some of those gaps, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) has released a new Chinese American Resource Guide. .

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CMS Seeks Answers on Hospice Utilization Trends, Spending

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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% This includes items and services covered under Medicare Parts A, B, and D.

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CMS Proposes ‘36-Month Rule’ to Curb Hospice License ‘Flipping’

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The practice appears to stem from a rash of newly licensed hospices that have emerged in California, Nevada, Texas and Arizona. Some of these providers have secured licenses, as well as Medicare certification and, sometimes, accreditation. In that time frame, Nevada saw 56 newly certified hospices, and 369 emerged in Texas.

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