Hospice News
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Hospices Need a ‘Huge Catapult’ to Replenish Workforce. The staffing shortage was the hospice community’s strongest headwind during 2022, driving up labor costs while adversely impacting clinical capacity, length of stay and a host of other factors. Researchers Build Framework for Pediatric Palliative Care Growth.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
MA has emerged as a powerhouse in health care, with industry-wide implications. million in 2022, according to CMS. The Medicare Advantage program grew 8% between 2021 and 2022 — about 2.2 When it comes to hospice VBID, numbers from the program’s first year offer few clues for the 2023-2024 landscape.
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Hospice News
MARCH 23, 2023
In 2023, the number of MA plans will swell to 3,998, up 6% from 2022. The demonstration marks the first major step for hospices into the value-based care arena. “I Among those benefits is palliative care.
Hospice News
AUGUST 23, 2023
Hospitalized patients with longer stays and uncontrolled pain and symptom management are also eligible to receive these inpatient palliative services, which include goals of care discussions, care coordination, pain and symptom management, as well as spiritual and emotional support, among others.
Hospice News
MAY 24, 2023
“We want to be much more flexible in terms of being able to triage people to the right level of care, and not just accessing palliative care to fill a gap for a short period of time.” These are often offered as part of specialized managed care programs. Patient eligibility criteria also fluctuate across state Medicaid lines.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
“Since our founding, Canyon Home Care & Hospice has had a long-standing commitment to driving innovation and increasing access to high-quality home health and hospice care,” Eddie Norris, managing partner at Canyon, said in the announcement.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 20, 2022
SCAN Health Plan is among the Medicare Advantage (MA) payers entering the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) payment demonstration in 2023. The four-year program — often called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in — launched Jan. This number grew to 115 in 2022.
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