Hospice News
APRIL 17, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) review and appeals process, according to CEO Greg Hagfors. The provider recently celebrated the 45th anniversary of its founding, which preceded the establishment of the Medicare Hospice Benefit. 1, 2016 and Dec.
Hospice News
MARCH 14, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed a financial incentive to foster better performance on the measure, the service-intensity add-on. CMS introduced SIA in 2016. Additional touchpoints with patients via telehealth is another factor contributing to improvements on the measure, Harrison said.
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Hospice News
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Patients who underwent palliative care and were hospitalized did not see significant differences in lengths of stay than others, but did see substantial cost savings, according to research presented at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition. “We Of those 5,464 had received palliative care.
Hospice News
JANUARY 16, 2023
Researchers analyzed records for 43,200 veterans with prior hospitalization who had received primary care at a VA site between October 2016 and September 2019. They included VA hospice encounters in the outcome but not enrollment in a home hospice program, nursing home hospice center or Medicare-paid hospice.
Hospice News
JULY 11, 2022
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.
Hospice News
MAY 4, 2022
Former SouthernCare nurse Rhonda McClinton filed a qui tam complaint against the organization in 2016, alleging that the hospice provider submitted hospice claims to Medicare for patients who were not eligible and billed for services it did not provide. The court granted SouthernCare’s motion on procedural and jurisdictional grounds.
Hospice News
JULY 7, 2022
The depletion of a family’s financial resources is a greater predictor of aggressive treatment at the end of life than patient preferences or demographic factors, a 2016 study concluded. of Medicare Advantage individual plans offered the general supports benefit, as well as only 10.3% Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
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