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2023 NHPCO Facts and Figures Report Now Available

NHPCO

NHPCO Facts and Figures is the leading resource for hospice providers and others interested in understanding the work of the community. The 2023 Facts and Figures report continues to see the impact of COVID-19 on patient care and the effect of the COVID-19 waivers to the traditional delivery of hospice care.

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Hospice, Palliative Care Leaders Foresee a ‘New Normal’ for 2023

Hospice News

Both hospice providers and regulatory agencies are expected to continue efforts toward establishing a new normal, post-pandemic; 2023 could also bring operational impacts associated with the likely lifting of some of the waivers that have been in place during the public health emergency. Croix Hospice, a portfolio company of H.I.G.

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Voices: Maxwell Healthcare’s Jennifer Maxwell on How to Prepare for 2023

Hospice News

When I think about patient care and clinicians in the field, quality training, processes and technology are my top priorities. People, processes and technology are the future of hospice care and health care in general. increase for 2023 when you put all of the data together. productivity adjustment, and a 3.5%

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Growing Neuropalliative Care: Overcoming Barriers to Scale

Hospice News

On the research end of things, the International Neuropalliative Care Society (INPCS) was founded in 2020 to help address these challenges and to bring attention to the specialty. The organization recently concluded their third annual conference in September 2023 and an inaugural neuropalliative care research symposium in April. “We

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Hospices Stepping Up Performance on Visits-in-Last-Days-of-Life Measure

Hospice News

The number of registered nurse and social worker visits during a patient’s final week is one of the seven quality measures that CMS uses to evaluate providers. Patients may be receiving several visits from these professionals during the last days of life, or multiple visits on the same day, that do not count toward the measure, she said.

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Going Forward, Hospice CEOs Must Be Well-Versed in Data Analysis

Hospice News

Data is more crucial to hospice businesses than ever before when it comes to payer and referral partner contracting, compliance and building their census. The nitty gritty details of data management matter when it comes to ensuring both a healthy bottom line and quality patient care.

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How the 4 Largest Hospice Industry Groups Work Together to Support Program Integrity

Hospice News

A large contingent of these companies were established with the purpose of selling the license at a profit, with little concern for patient care. In some instances, multiple hospices have been operating out of the same address without a corresponding increase in the population of eligible patients. This prompted the U.S.

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