Hospice News
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Even more so, specific Medicare and Medicaid policies perpetuate this cycle. After experiencing a functional decline at the hospital, the woman, no longer able to live at home safely, was sent to an SNF for post-acute care, covered by Medicare. Older adults frequently utilize such services, often in skilled nursing facilities (SNF).
Hospice News
JULY 20, 2022
Payers, including Medicare, like to see providers reduce the costs of care. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has reimbursed palliative care through a fee-for-service model that only covers physician and licensed independent practitioner services, rather than the full range of interdisciplinary care.
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Hospice News
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). of hospice care days in 2013, CMS reported. Scrutiny of GIP utilization has been ongoing for a number of years, dating back to 2013 reports from the OIG. Roughly one-third of Medicare GIP claims are submitted in error, the OIG reported. GIP represented 1.8%
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Medicare may cover CHC for as long as 24 hours a day. 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%
Hospice News
JUNE 30, 2023
Radiant Health’s new partnership with CareSource reflects three key trends impacting the health system — growth in Medicare Advantage, the rising prominence of home-based care and consolidation among payers and providers. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Close to 31.5
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Among the organization’s goals of the collaboration is to reduce overhead costs, improve the members’ bargaining position with payers and health plans and smooth the transition into value-based payment models, such as Medicare Advantage. Three hospices in 2013 established Ohio’s Hospice, for instance.
Hospice News
MARCH 30, 2023
Ohio’s Hospice is a statewide alliance of nonprofit providers established in 2013. In 2021, close to 80,150 Medicare beneficiaries in Ohio utilized the hospice benefit, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The collaborative began with three hospice members and now includes 11 affiliates.
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