2019 Medicare Palliate Presentation 
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
These results appeared in a 2019 New England Journal of Medicine study titled “Rehabbed to Death.” Even more so, specific Medicare and Medicaid policies perpetuate this cycle. In the study, researchers present the case of an independent 87-year-old woman with moderate dementia admitted to the hospital with pneumonia.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Patients who underwent palliative care and were hospitalized did not see significant differences in lengths of stay than others, but did see substantial cost savings, according to research presented at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition. Of those 5,464 had received palliative care.
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Hospice News
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
The findings were presented at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Care Symposium in Boston. They determined accessibility by comparing these records with data on the locations of Medicare-certified physicians who specialize in hospice and palliative care. Health outcomes are unequal. The post U.S.
Hospice News
JANUARY 16, 2023
Researchers analyzed records for 43,200 veterans with prior hospitalization who had received primary care at a VA site between October 2016 and September 2019. 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
OCTOBER 26, 2023
EOLDs have had a growing presence in the serious illness and end-of-life care space, but their services are not reimbursed by Medicare or other insurance, according to Jane Euler, co-founder and chief doula of Present for You LLC. Doulas can help patients find a hospice earlier in their disease trajectories, Euler indicated.
Hospice News
MARCH 15, 2024
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. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. McPherson also serves on the board of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). About 81.5%
Hospice News
MARCH 14, 2024
In 2019, for example, the percentage was 66%. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed a financial incentive to foster better performance on the measure, the service-intensity add-on. Social worker visits in the last days of life also rose to 9% in 2021, up from 7% in 2020. CMS introduced SIA in 2016.
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