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CMS Proposes ‘36-Month Rule’ to Curb Hospice License ‘Flipping’

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In January, hospice organizations began sounding the alarm on similar activity in other states — Arizona, Texas and Nevada. Arizona had 239 new Medicare-certified hospices appear between 2018 and 2022, representing 52% of all providers in the state. Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

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What New Allegations that HCA Healthcare Pressured Patients Mean for Hospices

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Large payers have also jumped into the home-based care bandwagon. billion acquisition of the home health and hospice company LHC Group. So, on one hand, patients do benefit from hospice care, and those services do reduce health care costs. Optum subsequently made a bid on Amedisys Inc. s (NYSE: HUM) $5.7