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%.
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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. For instance, the VA allows patients to receive hospice care concurrently with other medical treatments.
Hospice News
JULY 5, 2022
Bringing down acute care utilization is also a key quality indicator for providers participating in alternative payment models or demonstrations, including ACO programs and the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID).
Hospice News
MARCH 29, 2023
In 2020, the average length of stay for Medicare patients enrolled in hospice was 97.0 days, according to a report from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). days the prior year in 2019, representing the “largest increase” during the previous five years of incremental growth, NHPCO reported.
Hospice News
MARCH 7, 2023
million in FY 2019 But UPICs and hospice providers sometimes disagree on what constitutes an improper payment. The overpayment issues that result in millions for hospices can sometimes feel like a disconnect between data analysis and identifying problems around credible information,” Pekarske said. “The
Hospice News
OCTOBER 6, 2022
“That first gathering was a conclave of leaders in global health policy, such as the United Nations and the World Health Organization, among various other bodies,” Connor told Hospice News. “We We met because we recognized the fact that no one was really speaking up about palliative and hospice care in the policy arena.
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