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Future Leaders Class of 2022: Hayden Jordan, Palliative Care Director, PruittHealth Home

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Hayden Jordan, director of palliative care for senior care provider PruittHealth Home, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Hospice News. . I think if you prioritize patient care, everything else kind of falls into place. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)] but commercial plans.

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St. Croix Expands Further in Kansas

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A little more than 31,000 Medicare patients in Kansas elected hospice in 2021, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Between October 2021 and September 2022 nearly 50% of eligible patients who reside in the service area for St. Of those, 10.4% are seniors. ” The post St.

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Value-Based Care: What Hospices Can Learn from Home Health Companies

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Home health value-based purchasing Home health providers have two primary inroads to value-based care — HHVBP and Medicare Advantage. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) kicked off the HHVBP demonstration on Jan. But starting in 2022, CMS began rolling it out nationwide.

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Medicare Gives Consumers a New Hospice Rating System

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Hospice Care Index: A Perfect 10. In August 2022, Medicare included a new overall quality measure for Hospice Care Compare: the Hospice Care Index. For each quality measure where the hospice has good performance, one point is added to the Hospice Care Index. How Are Hospice Care Index Scores Calculated?

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NHPCO: Proposed 2.8% Hospice Payment Hike Insufficient 

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is insufficient to support hospice patientscare needs, a major industry group said. After a moratorium during the pandemic, full Medicare sequestration resumed on July 1, 2022. base payment rate increase recently proposed by the U.S. this year. “In increase.

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Understanding CMS’ Civil Monetary Penalties for Hospices

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been gradually implementing changes to the hospice survey process and enforcement remedies, including civil monetary penalties in some instances. CMS in 2022 began working the legislation’s provisions into its rulemaking.

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Frontpoint Health Acquires High Plains Senior Care Group

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Frontpoint, a portfolio company of Cimarron Healthcare Capital and Tacoma Holdings, is an emerging provider of home health, hospice, palliative and personal care with a focus on Medicare Advantage enrollees in Texas markets. Post-transaction, Frontpoint’s service area will reach more than 176 Texas counties.