Hospice News
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Allowing patients to receive concurrent hospice and curative care reduces health care costs and improves quality. The agency launched the MCCM in 2016. Among patients who had died before the demonstration ended, MCCM reduced Medicare expenditures by $7,604 per enrollee, about a 13% reduction compared to a control group.
Hospice News
AUGUST 26, 2022
Medicare reimbursement is the lifeblood of hospice providers, and a clear understanding of policies like budget neutrality can help elucidate the payment systems that keep their businesses running. An earlier version of budget neutrality was phased out in 2016. CMS that year reduced routine home care (RHC) rates by 2.7%
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Hospice News
MARCH 14, 2024
In Calendar Year 2021, the share of hospice care days with nurse visits in the last seven days of life rose to 63%, up from 62% year over year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). CMS introduced SIA in 2016.
Hospice News
APRIL 29, 2022
The Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in has been the focus of much attention among providers, and many are watching closely for the demonstration’s outcomes. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the MCCM in 2016 to explore the idea of allowing hospice patients to receive concurrent curative care.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries are more likely to enroll in hospice from a community setting than patients in traditional fee-for-service programs. million patients who elected hospice in the last 90 days of life during the years 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2018. .” Years prior to 2018 showed similar patterns.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Previously, he was head of growth at Mavencare, and served in sales manager and director roles at Hometeam from 2013 to 2016. Guaranteed Health is redefining the end-of-life-care experience by building a-first-of-its-kind technology and AI-enabled platform that supports patients, caregivers, providers and payers.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
The health care system, in both private and public settings, that is engaged with financing, managing, and providing palliative and hospice care must directly address the issue of racism, discrimination, and disparities, particularly among marginalized underserved non-Hispanic Blacks,” authors stated in the study.
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