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Ohio’s Hospice Expands with New Morrow County Affiliate

Hospice News

The state in 2018 ranked sixth nationally for hospice utilization among Medicare decedents, reaching a rate of 56.7%, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Commonly called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in , the demonstration took effect Jan. Utah held the highest rate that year at 60.5%.

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Ep.18: BK Books with Barbara Karnes: Why Approaching Hospice Holistically is Necessary to the Success of the Care Continuum

Home Care Pulse

She has won the N H P C O Hospice Innovator Award in 2018, and she was the 2015 International Humanitarian Woman of the Year. Medicare doesn’t hurt palliative care services. We look for creative ways, but hospice has its own reimbursement source through Medicare. Speaker 2 ( 00:40 ): Mm-hmm. , So Oliver, I like this.

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