Hospice News

AUGUST 26, 2022

The clearest example of how this works was the 2020 rebasing of payments for the four levels of hospice care. CMS that year reduced routine home care (RHC) rates by 2.7% and increased amounts for continuous home care, general inpatient care, and inpatient respite care by the same percentage.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Hospice and behavioral health care could increasingly intersect in coming years as demand for specialized care grows. But the prevalence of mental health conditions and related concerns like isolation and substance abuse mean that hospice and behavioral health providers may need to find more ways to integrate their services.

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2023

The UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum ultimately did acquire Prospero in early 2021 and is in the process of merging the company with its Landmark subsidiary. Smith said Prospero’s global measure of success is providing more days for patients at home, rather than keeping them in hospitals, nursing homes or rehab facilities.

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Living With Hospice

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

You might want to try a pro and con approach or an upside to treatment and a downside to treatment and an upside to hospice care and a downside to hospice care. So it's interesting to hear comments from other countries about hospice care. So if she stayed in a hospital or nursing home, we couldn't see her.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

What do we know about the differences between the two types of organizations when we’re thinking about hospice care? One is the patient population and a targeting of for-profit hospices around patients who are going to be potentially less costly and more profitable. People across all diagnoses want hospice care.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

What is our role as hospice and palliative care providers in advocating for high-quality hospice care? If you are interested in signing the position statement “Core Roles and Responsibilities of Physicians in Hospice Care”, click here. JAMA IM 2021 Hospice Acquisitions by Profit-Driven Private Equity Firms.

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