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CMS Unveils Dementia-Focused Payment Model with Interdisciplinary Care Approach

Hospice News

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled a new payment model demonstration geared toward dementia-related illnesses, which are becoming more prevalent among hospice patients. Patients will be stratified into one of five tiers, based on a combination of their disease stage and caregiver status. million people.

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St. Croix Hospice Leverages Predictive Analytics to Boost Quality

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In 2019 the Minnesota-headquartered hospice provider began utilizing a predictive analytics tool from Medalogix. The post-acute data analytics company develops machine learning solutions designed to identify patients in need of home health, hospice or palliative care services as early as possible in the course of their illnesses.

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10 Hospice News ‘Hidden Gem’ Stories from 2022

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In 2019, the organization had just 200 members. Death doulas can help facilitate conversations regarding the dying process, discussing advance care planning, hospice election and advocate for the patient’s wishes in their final days. Palliative Care Providers Hitting Walls in Value-Based Reimbursement.

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Why Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living Operators Invest in Home-Based Hospice Programs

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Nationwide, about half of all hospice agencies are freestanding, while the remaining half are owned by other types of providers mainly home health agencies, hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, according to a report from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). Among the 1.6 Among the 1.6

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Canyon Home Care & Hospice Acquires Uintah Basin

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“The investment in Uintah Basin Home Health and Hospice will allow us to enhance the care coordination with Uintah Basin Medical Center and provide better health outcomes for the patients and clients we serve in the Uintah Basin area.”. Utah holds the highest rate of hospice utilization among Medicare decedents nationwide.

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Finding your PAC

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

But onward to post-acute care and what we see coming in the future. . Last week we as an industry saw RTI International release a report titled: CMS Report to Congress: Unified Payment for Medicare-Covered Post-Acute Care Analysis and Development of the Prototype Unified PAC Prospective Payment System Called for in the IMPACT Act.

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April 2022: CMS updates National Quality Strategy

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

April 2022, however, also brings us a renewed approach and initiatives from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding its National Quality Strategy. Incentivize Innovation & Technology : Accelerate innovation in care delivery and incorporate technology enhancements (e.g. What is the CMS National Quality Strategy?

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