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California’s Leads the State-Level Battle Against Hospice Fraud

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The first report indicated that about 20% of hospices surveyed by regulators or accreditors between 2012 and 2016 had a condition-level deficiency that posed a serious safety risk. The agency identified 313 hospices nationwide as “poor performers” in 2016, representing 18% of the total number of providers surveyed that year.

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IntellaTriage Acquires NurseLine

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NurseLine was founded in 2016 to offer nationwide nurse-based triage services during nights, weekends, and holidays, aiming to reinforce providers’ clinical teams and boost efficiency. The exact dollar amount of these investments were confidential. ” The post IntellaTriage Acquires NurseLine appeared first on Hospice News.

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Partners in Care Sues HHS Over Claims Denials

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1, 2016 and Dec. The lawsuit contends that the claims denials denied Partners in Care its right to procedural due process. OIG, on behalf of CMS, informed the hospice that it would be audited in a May 2018 letter. The audit examined medical and billing records for 100 patients from Jan.

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Primary-Palliative Care Model Improved Quality, Cost Savings

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Founded in 2016, agilon health, inc. The study showed that patients enrolled in a primary care-led, integrated palliative care program delivered within a full-risk model spent an average of five more days at home during their final months and were almost two-thirds less likely to die in a hospital.

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Black Communities Face Barriers to Advance Care Planning

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Advance directives (AD) and other goals-of-care documentation often lack information related to cultural, religious and spiritual affiliations, as well as personal health values, the 2016 research indicated. Fewer than 24% of Black participants had completed an advance directive, compared to 44% of caucasians who had.

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Capital Caring Health to Expand Home-Based Primary Care Service

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million home-based primary care visits during 2016, up from less than 1 million in 1996, the study found. million primary care visits in 2016. Patients in the United States received more than 2.2 Patients in assisted living facilities, group homes and other facilities received 3.2

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Why Hospices Are Pursuing Home-Based Primary Care

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million home-based primary care visits during 2016, up from less than 1 million in 1996, the study found. million primary care visits in 2016. Patients in the United States received more than 2.2 Patients in assisted living facilities, group homes, and other facilities received 3.2

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