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2023’s Most Impactful Hospice Regulatory Moves

Hospice News

Program integrity issues that have heated up in the hospice space during the past five years reached a boiling point in 2023. Hospice providers have seen an array of increased regulatory oversight in 2023. It’s a reason to be very active about compliance and understanding the regulatory landscape you’re working within.

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The Most Significant Hospice Deals So Far in 2023

Hospice News

Thus far in 2023, hospice merger and acquisition activity has deviated from prior years. But in 2023, private equity activity slowed from its formerly frenzied pace. The majority of the 13 publicly announced hospice and home health deals in 2023 have involved “bolt-ons,” or smaller entities, Kulik stated.

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Hospice VBID: Understanding the 2023 Program Modifications

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1, 2023, meaning that some of the program’s rules will change. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has indicated that hospices should ensure that their billing staff is familiar with the 2023 modifications. Numbers from the program’s first year offer few clues for the 2023 landscape. We need to be in-network.”.

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CMS Final Rule Gives Hospice 3.8% Pay Raise for 2023

Hospice News

bump in their per diem payments for 2023, according to a final rule published today. Pay Raise for 2023 appeared first on Hospice News. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will give hospices a 3.8% The reimbursement increase is larger than the 2.7% the agency initially proposed for next year.

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Hospices Expect Forward Momentum on Labor in 2023

Hospice News

Though staffing remains the greatest challenge in 2023, conditions are improving, reported more than half (54%) of hospice and palliative care professionals in this year’s Hospice News Industry Outlook Survey , prepared in collaboration with Homecare Homebase.

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NEW! 2023 Resource Updates

Life & Death Matters

2023 Resource Updates appeared first on Life and Death Matters. We have worked hard this year to collect feedback and update our resources to better help learners and teachers. Watch this video to see the challenges we heard, and how our revised resources mitigate these issues. The post NEW!

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3 Nonprofit Hospice Providers to Watch in 2023

Hospice News

Since 2020, the organization has more than doubled its hospice footprint, including two new affiliations in 2022 — Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care and Hope Healthcare — and one so far in 2023, Capital Caring Health. This is also very high on the 2023 agenda.”

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