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Survey: 77% of Hospices Undergo Multiple Audits Simultaneously

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). “The findings from our collaborative survey offer valuable insights into the auditing and adjudication processes of Medicare hospice benefit claims,” NPHI CEO Tom Koutsoumpas told Hospice News in an email. In addition to those my Medicare Contractors, last year the U.S.

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Stoneridge Hospice Owner Rollie Seebert: Hospices Help Address the ‘Demographic Tsunami’

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In February that year we got our corporation licenses for a business and in November we became Medicare-certified. I worked in Phoenix at the sheriff’s office from 1976 to 2012. It’s about meeting the Medicare standards and accreditation requirements, whether it’s home health or hospice.

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High Peaks Hospice celebrates 35 years by looking back at their beginning

High Peaks Hospice

That year Medicare determined that dying was no longer a diagnosis that warranted a hospital admission. In 1982 Medicare authorized reimbursement for hospice care. Dr. Merkel engaged with his partner Dr. Robert Kasulke to spear head the medical care. Dr. David Merkel served as Medical Director of Hospice until his death in 2012.

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

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This unexpectedly and undesirably increased health insurers’ medication costs, including Medicare and Medicaid (22). About the Authors: Lead author, Chad Kollas, serves as the Medical Director for Palliative and Supportive Care at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute in Orlando, FL.

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