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MA Beneficiaries More Likely than Fee-for-Service Patients to Enter Hospice from Community Setting

Hospice News

While we found that hospice length of stay was longer for those enrolling from the community vs hospital or nursing home settings, we overall found that hospice length of stay among MA enrollees was only slightly longer than for those in [traditional Medicare].” Years prior to 2018 showed similar patterns.

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Research Finds Home-Based Care Among Top End-of-Life Trajectories for Americans

Hospice News

These include the home, skilled home care and institutional care. The study spanned data among 199,828 Medicare decedents 50 and older who died in 2018. More than half (59%) spent the last three years of life in the home. About 27% were in skilled nursing home care with “heavy use” of home health and hospice.

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CMS to Sunset Look-Alike Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plans in 2023

Hospice News

Some hospice patients rely on these plans for other health needs, such as nursing home costs. Though D-SNPs have existed in one form or another since 2003, Congress made the programs permanent through the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. Close to 12 million people in the United States qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid.

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Impact of Section GG, ANAs and Social Risk Factors (SRFs) on PAC outcomes

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has contracted with Acumen LLC and Abt Associates to develop quality and cost measures for use in the IRF, LTCH, SNF, and HH QRPs and the Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI). Project Support. Mobility Assessment Item Data Collection Start Dates.

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How Medicare Budget Neutrality Impacts Hospice Payment

Hospice News

The payment increases were generally seen as a boon for providers, though some voiced concern about the cut to routine home care, which represents about 97% of the services hospices provide, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Providers Navigate Fragmented Payment System To Bring Palliative Care to Patients

Hospice News

The company directly employs nurse practitioners and licensed clinical social workers who provide direct care, most often in nursing homes. In addition, PalliCare also serves as an incubator that supports nurse practitioners in setting up their own practices. Anthem, Inc.

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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

When I’m on nursing home call, the most common page I receive is for a blood sugar value. Our last podcast was with Laura Petrillo in 2018 – 5 years ago seems ancient history – though many of the points still apply today (e.g. Summary Transcript Summary Diabetes is common. Goldilocks zone). How high is too high?