Hospice News
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Utilization continuous home care has dropped precipitously during the past decade, with labor pressures, regulatory scrutiny and billing challenges as contributing factors. Continuous home care (CHC) represented 0.9% of hospice care days during 2022, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Combined, the network’s member hospices serve more than 2,200 patients and families each year across 11 counties with a workforce of nearly 300 employees. One of the founding members, Elizabeth Hospice, left the network due to divergent activities and timelines that complicated their participation.
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Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
HCC scores are designed to predict the costs associated with a patient’s care. Patients with lower HCC scores often need hospice care for longer periods of time, though their care needs may be less intensive or complex.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Previously, he was head of growth at Mavencare, and served in sales manager and director roles at Hometeam from 2013 to 2016. Guaranteed Health is redefining the end-of-life-care experience by building a-first-of-its-kind technology and AI-enabled platform that supports patients, caregivers, providers and payers. “She
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
million patients who elected hospice in the last 90 days of life during the years 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2018. In 2011, for example, 50% of MA patients came to hospice from the community, compared to 39% of those in traditional Medicare. Medicare Advantage currently does not cover hospice care.
Hospice News
JULY 5, 2022
Bringing down acute care utilization is also a key quality indicator for providers participating in alternative payment models or demonstrations, including ACO programs and the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID).
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
The Indiana-based palliative care provider Center for Hospice Care (CHC) is looking beyond its immediate community and has developed networks that impact palliative care on a global scale. Under the NHPCO umbrella, the Center for Hospice Care became a partner in the program in 2008, Ahern said. “It
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