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Memory Care Residents See Higher Mortality, Hospice Utilization Rates

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Patients in assisted living-based memory care facilities have higher mortality rates and are more likely to enroll in hospice, a new study indicates. We find a higher mortality rate and higher rate of hospice use among memory-care residential care/assisted living residents,” the study authors wrote.

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Why Hospices Are Pursuing Home-Based Primary Care

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million seniors who reside in Illinois are 85 or older, and 40% of Medicare beneficiaries in the state have four or more chronic conditions, according to HCCI. 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. About 12% of the 2.1

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California Hospice Owner Receives 25 Months in Prison for Fraud, Kickbacks

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Justice Department accused the pair of submitting thousands of false claims to Medicare and of arranging more than $2 million in kickbacks in exchange for referrals. In total, Atoyan, Karapetyan and others caused the agencies to submit over 8,000 claims to Medicare for the cost of home health care and hospice services. “In

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Excel Hospice Owner Sentenced to 18 Years for Fraud, Kickbacks

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“In total, Atoyan, Karapetyan and others caused the agencies to submit over 8,000 claims to Medicare for the cost of home health care and hospice services. Based on those claims, Medicare paid the agencies approximately $31 million,” the U.S. Justice Department indicated in a statement. Attorney Phillip Talbert.

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Key to the Continuum: Hospice Providers Eye Primary Care Businesses

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)] believes that primary care is going to be the answer to this fragmented care problem. million home-based primary care visits during 2016, up from less than 1 million in 1996, the study found. Patients in assisted living facilities, group homes, and other facilities received 3.2

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Hospices See Growth Opportunities with Physician Offices, Memory Care

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Dementia-related conditions and cancer in 2021 were the most frequently occurring principal diagnoses for Medicare decedents who elected the hospice benefit, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Created in partnership with Homecare Homebase.

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Hospices Pursue Home-Base Primary Care Via HCCI Project

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million seniors who reside in Illinois are 85 or older, and 40% of Medicare beneficiaries in the state have four or more chronic conditions, according to HCCI. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is replacing the Global and Professional Direct Contracting (GPDC) model with ACO REACH. million primary care visits in 2016.

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