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Hospice News
MARCH 15, 2024
Common pain and symptom management medications used in the hospice space can be particularly “problematic” in terms of overlapping risk factors for adverse effects, he said. Adverse drug events (ADEs) present on a spectrum from discomfort to medical emergency, so the impacts can range widely,” Krout told Hospice News in an email.
Hospice News
MARCH 14, 2024
In Calendar Year 2021, the share of hospice care days with nurse visits in the last seven days of life rose to 63%, up from 62% year over year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). In 2019, for example, the percentage was 66%. CMS introduced SIA in 2016.
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NHPCO
JULY 28, 2023
For Immediate Release July 28, 2023 New Research Shows Hospice Produces Better Outcomes, Lower Medicare Costs (Washington, D.C. billion in Medicare savings in 2019, while also providing multiple benefits to patients, families, and caregivers. billion less than it would have been had they not received hospice care.
Hospice News
JANUARY 16, 2023
Patients are more likely to receive palliative care if they can access social workers through their primary care providers, Veterans Health Administration (VA) research has found. They included VA hospice encounters in the outcome but not enrollment in a home hospice program, nursing home hospice center or Medicare-paid hospice.
Hospice News
MARCH 7, 2023
“The stairs are steeper in UPIC audits, which I think are some of the most serious and costly audits for hospices to deal with,” Pekarske told Hospice News. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracts UPICs to investigate instances of suspected fraud, waste and abuse. Stakes around UPICs The U.S.
Hospice News
MARCH 29, 2023
“For a hospice administrator or executive, you really have to be very focused on your length of stay data,” Young told Hospice News in a recent Elevate podcast episode. Are you in an outlier scenario with your data that Medicare contractors are looking at? Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S.
Hospice News
JULY 5, 2022
The availability of post-acute resources, including hospice and palliative care, has a significant impact on hospital readmissions, but greater coordination among providers could drive improvement. Researchers included a recommendation that CMS take community characteristics into account when evaluating hospital performance. .
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