Hospice News
JUNE 27, 2022
Social and economic factors like these drive 40% of health outcomes, according to the Better Medicare Alliance. The health system in 2014 launched initiatives to reduce food insecurity among their patient that generated $4.8 million in savings within the first six months . Case in point, the U.S.
Hospice News
MARCH 6, 2024
At a time when the population is aging rapidly, the demand for high-quality end-of-life care is increasing and only half of people with Medicare who die each year use any hospice at all, it is concerning that Congress would use the [Medicare Hospice Benefit] as a ‘piggybank’ to fund programs totally unrelated to the provision of hospice services.”
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Hospice News
JUNE 27, 2023
The two organizations joined forces in 2014 when Partners In Care began offering palliative care services to patients at Summit Health’s oncology department. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could create opportunities to pull palliative and primary care providers closer together.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Nearly 80% of states nationwide have passed at least one or more types of palliative care legislation since 2014, according to Yale University’s Palliative Care Law and Policy GPS data tracker. A look back at Palliative Care News’ five most-read stories this year paints a picture of trends shaping the serious illness care space.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Kusserow – who holds a reputation as a successful turnaround executive – held the Amedisys CEO role from 2014 until early 2022. The company is reaching a point where it can no longer accept underwhelming Medicare Advantage contracts or delayed payments. There’s a lot of depth in what we can do there,” Kusserow said. “We
Hospice News
MAY 27, 2022
These include the audit system created by Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014, and the two-tiered reimbursement for routine home care that reduced payment amounts after 60 days. Designed to prevent misuse of the Medicare Hospice Benefit, these efforts may have had unintended consequences.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
These annual adjustments have their roots in the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act), which changed the way the hospice aggregate payment cap is calculated. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been working to implement since 2022. for next year.
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