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Hospice News
OCTOBER 24, 2023
In some cases, a frightened patient or a patient in crisis may call an ambulance or visit and emergency room, prompting revocation of the Medicare Hospice Benefit in order to receive hospital care. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. About 15.4% Of those, 5.7% were due to revocations, and 2.2%
Hospice News
JULY 31, 2023
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.
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Hospice News
OCTOBER 4, 2022
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is developing new reimbursement pathways for palliative care. As part of that process, CMMI is applying elements of its Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) demonstration, which ended Dec. MCCM was designed to test the impact of concurrent hospice and curative care.
Hospice News
JULY 19, 2023
As of 2020, those individuals represented only about 10% of Medicare decedents who elected hospice, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). The number of people who suffer from heart failure is expected to rise by 46% between 2012 and 2023, the American Heart Association (AHA) reported.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Technology, cost control, and family caregiver support have emerged as cost-saving strategies as headwinds mount for hospice providers. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) raised hospice per diems by 3.8% Efficiency has become a watchword in the hospice space. They have limited options.”. 3 cost-saving strategies.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
“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.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Combined, Asians, African Americans and Hispanics in 2018 represented only 20% of Medicare hospice patients, while the remaining 80% were Caucasian, according NHPCO. Palliative Care Providers Hitting Walls in Value-Based Reimbursement. How the United States Will Revamp Family Caregiver Support.
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