Hospice News
DECEMBER 18, 2023
A revolution is needed in hospice care, complete with a new mindset, updated care models and redesigned payment systems, Dr Monisha Pujari, medical director for Longleaf Hospice, told Hospice News. In 2014, I made the jump fully to hospice. She discussed many of these issues in her June Ted Talk , “How to Die Well.”
Hospice News
JUNE 14, 2023
Meanwhile, Medicare hospice spending is expected to more than double by 2032. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary also project that health care expenditures will represent 19.6% However, the annual Medicare Trustees Report for 2023 provides a more detailed look at hospice spending.
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Hospice News
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Combined, Asians, African Americans and Hispanics in 2018 represented only 20% of Medicare hospice patients, while the remaining 80% were Caucasian, according NHPCO. The most visible attempt began in 2020 when CMS began allowing Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to cover palliative care as a supplemental benefit.
Pallimed
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
This unexpectedly and undesirably increased health insurers’ medication costs, including Medicare and Medicaid (22). We described above how changes in opioid policy aimed at reducing Washington State’s Medicaid and Workers Compensation costs contributed to an increase in methadone deaths between 2003 and late 2014 (23-25).
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