Hospice News
APRIL 22, 2024
Hospices that see higher numbers of patients in assisted living facilities tend to have lower quality scores than other providers, research has found. The findings point to possibly growing gaps of unmet needs among hospice patients in assisted living (AL) settings, according to the researchers.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Since 2020, the company has been beleaguered by the staffing shortage, reduced lengths of stay, and disruption in skilled nursing, senior housing, and to some extent acute-care referrals. These factors, along with the return of Medicare sequestration, have contributed to declining revenues. drop among those referred from hospitals.
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Hospice News
JANUARY 1, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)] believes that primary care is going to be the answer to this fragmented care problem. Alivia Care came into existence in 2020 when Community Hospice & Palliative Care, now an affiliate, formed a larger company with a wider range of services. Primary care is where it’s at.”
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 27, 2022
A leading cause of fraud involves hospices billing Medicare for services for which patients were not eligible, according to a 2021 report from Bass, Berry, & Sims. Some hospices have already begun seeing penalties from a rise in UPIC audit activity, including reimbursement suspensions or Medicare claim repayments.
Hospice News
JANUARY 16, 2024
New Day Health Care started in mid-2020, the middle of COVID at what seemed to be a peak of uncertainty. Assisted living facilities were restricted. The skyrocketing increase in Medicare Advantage enrollees hit our home health business, causing costly, deeper disruptions. At the time, facilities were closed.
GeriPal
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Diane: Huge.
Hospice News
AUGUST 18, 2022
The organization provides services at its three inpatient hospice centers, in patient homes, and in facilities like assisted living, skilled nursing and other residential community care centers. million people), a rise from roughly 22% in 2020, according to the state’s Department of Aging. independent of the JV. About 47.6%
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