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2023’s Most Impactful Hospice Regulatory Moves

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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. There is scrutiny on hospice care [that’s] setting the stage for the next phase of what hospice oversight looks like.

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Hospice Advocacy Groups Ask Congress for Action on Proposed 2023 Medicare Rates

Hospice News

More than a dozen hospice advocacy groups have called on congressional leadership to intervene in a proposed 2.7% bump in Medicare payments, which they say is insufficient in light of COVID-19 and staffing headwinds. CMS in April released the 2023 proposed payment rule for hospice providers, including the 2.7%

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Advanced Home Care Acquires Dignity Hospice

Hospice News

Massachusetts-based Advanced Home Care has acquired Dignity Hospice Care for an undisclosed amount. The transaction follows Advanced Home Care’s acquisition of Dignity Home Care late last year. The buyer company’s CEO Art Kalenjian will now take the helm at Dignity Hospice.

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2023’s Most Impactful Hospice Deals

Hospice News

A rich mix of hospice merger and acquisition (M&A) activity at the end of 2023 is fueling trends into next year. Hospice M&A activity has diverged from the frenzied pace set in recent years. This year saw a slow but significant start, with mainly smaller and fewer hospice transactions taking place.

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Hospice VBID: Understanding the 2023 Program Modifications

Hospice News

The hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) model will begin its third year on Jan. 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.

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Key Research Trends: Long Hospice Stays, Palliative Care Save Medicare Dollars

Hospice News

The health care space — including hospice — is increasingly shaped by numbers. During the past several years hospice providers have had to become experts in data management in order to remain competitive. Hospices’ cost-savings potential A study published in March revealed that hospice saved Medicare roughly $3.5

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Congress Grills HHS on Hospice Program Integrity

Hospice News

Members of Congress are raising questions about the continued Medicare certification for new hospices in areas rife with fraud. Though he pledged more detailed responses at a later date, Becerra told lawmakers that CMS is certifying hospices in markets where there is a need identified in the community. “I This prompted the U.S.

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