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Rising Per Patient Costs Spur Calls for Higher Hospice Pay Rates

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An overwhelming majority of hospice providers have seen costs of patient care rise 3% to 10% since 2019, and many expect further increases next year. This is prompting calls for Medicare to reconsider proposed 2023 reimbursement rates. . Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reassess the 2.7%

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What Hospices Can Learn from Home Health Agencies on New Program Integrity Rules

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has put forth to strengthen hospice program integrity mirror rules implemented in years past for home health providers, including medical review processes and rules for when a provider can sell their business. CMS is no doubt hoping for similar results for the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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Payers, Providers Work to Keep Health Equity in the Spotlight

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). We have to make sure this moment isn’t just a blip … but that it becomes part of how we approach our health care system and really embedded in everything we do.”. Diverse representation in staff translates to more inclusive patient care, she added. Effective Jan.

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The Care Team Steps into Indiana with 1st Care Acquisition

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Symmetries workplace culture and care delivery between the two companies were among the key draws in the deal, according to The Care Team CEO Dan Shoemaker. The Care Team and 1st Care share similar cultures and a strong commitment to quality patient care,” Shoemaker said in an announcement. “‘We

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Serious Illness Care Quality, Communications Lacking for Black Hospice Patients

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Though racial disparities have long-proliferated in health care, hospices have been among the settings seeing widening gaps. of Medicare decedents in 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Hospice utilization among diverse populations is sorely lacking.

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Jet Health Acquires Trio Home Health and Hospice

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Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in the state runs high and reached 52.1% in 2018, which tipped above the national average of 50.3% that year, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization reported. Seniors are expected to make up more than 20% of the state’s population by 2030, up from 12.9%

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St. Croix Hospice Moves Into Indiana with Adaptive Deal

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among Medicare decedents in 2018, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization. By 2030, one out of every five people living in Indiana will be older than 65, according to the Indiana Business Research Center. This represents 46% growth in the senior population since 2015. states that year at 59.4%.

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