Remove 2023 Remove Geriatrics Remove Medicare Remove Palliate
article thumbnail

Palliative Care, Health Equity Growing in Medicare Advantage

Hospice News

Reimbursement for community-based palliative care is gaining ground in the Medicare Advantage realm. Palliative care is among the wide range of supplemental benefits that exist within the Medicare Advantage payment landscape. This is a rise from 180 MA plans in 2023 offering palliative services and 64 MA plans in 2020.

Medicare 252
article thumbnail

SCAN Group, CareOregon to Combine as HealthRight Group in 2023

Hospice News

SCAN Group and CareOregon have agreed to join forces in 2023 as a new organization called HealthRight Group. The new nonprofit will combine SCAN’s Medicare portfolio with CareOregon’s predominantly Medicaid health plans. The legacy SCAN would become the Medicare division of the company. Humana Inc.’s

2023 266
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Providers Work to Solve Palliative Care’s Biggest Growing Pains

Hospice News

Strains on reimbursement, referrals and staffing represent the biggest obstacles to palliative care providers’ viability and growth. The New Jersey-based nonprofit offers hospice and palliative care, among other services. The New Jersey-based nonprofit offers hospice and palliative care, among other services.

Palliate 212
article thumbnail

HSPN Palliative Care: Fireside Chat with Contessa and Netsmart

Hospice News

The conversation took place on April 20, 2023, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. Nikki Davis: I’m a nurse practitioner and have been working in geriatrics and palliative care for about 21 years now. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.

article thumbnail

Evaluating Alternate Payment Models in Hospice and Palliative Care

Hospice News

This discussion took place on September 7, 2023 during the Hospice News ELEVATE Conference. I’m an internist by training and practice for close to 25 years now in a spectrum of medicine from hospital-based care to more recently, geriatrics, hospice, and palliative care. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.

article thumbnail

Hospices Pursue Home-Base Primary Care Via HCCI Project

Hospice News

million seniors who reside in Illinois are 85 or older, and 40% of Medicare beneficiaries in the state have four or more chronic conditions, according to HCCI. Starting in 2023, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is replacing the Global and Professional Direct Contracting (GPDC) model with ACO REACH.

2016 254
article thumbnail

How Quality, Utilization Will Shape Hospice M&A in 2024

Hospice News

In total hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5 Among 2023’s significant nonprofit hospice transactions are Hosparus Health’s acquisition of Baptist Health Deaconess Hospice in June and the affiliation of Capital Caring Health with Chapters Health System in May. billion for patients in their final year of life, the findings showed.

2024 212