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Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Uintah Home Health and Hospice patients began receiving services under the Canyon umbrella earlier this month. The home health and hospice provider is part of the home care service line of Uintah Basin Healthcare. 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. Researchers Build Framework for Pediatric Palliative Care Growth.
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Hospice News
MARCH 23, 2023
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is extending the value-based insurance design demonstration for calendar years 2025 to 2030, including the hospice component. The agency is also releasing applications for participation for eligible Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs) for calendar year 2024. It makes sense.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to examine the issue and to consider actions like targeted moratoria on licenses. In development for subsequent years is a Special Focus Program (SFP) with a range of enforcement powers up to and including civil monetary penalties and revocation of Medicare certification, among others.
Hospice News
AUGUST 4, 2023
The hospital sought hospice licensure in the certificate of need state after Hospice and Home Care of Juneau (HHCJ) halted services last October, citing high staffing costs and insufficient nursing resources. HHCJ received Medicare certification in 2006 and was operated by Catholic Community Services prior to its closure.
Hospice News
JANUARY 2, 2023
The possibility exists that hospice care will change more in the next few years than it has during the previous four decades. The Medicare Hospice Benefit turned 40-years-old in 2022, and in that time the program has remained fundamentally unchanged. This is largely a function of demographics.
Hospice News
AUGUST 2, 2023
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) recently finalized hospice payment rule. pay raise won’t be enough to support care amid these financial pressures, she said. This is really going to need to be done in order for us to improve care coordination and address the needs of the whole patient.
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