Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2023

Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care. There isn’t a guideline as to what would be considered best practice or appropriately fulfilling the Medicare requirements for bereavement,” Gross said. There’s no guideline in place for fulfilling this Medicare requirement in an economically feasible way.”

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Contributing to these declines were constraints on clinical capacity stemming from the labor shortage, as well as some instances of lower reimbursement for its home health services due to the shift of more patients towards Medicare Advantage, executives said in an earnings call. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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NHPCO

JULY 25, 2023

These program integrity efforts include: Revocation of Medicare enrollment: CMS has identified fraud schemes and increased its operational ability to revoke Medicare enrollment more quickly. Organizational Deactivation: CMS proposes to revoke Medicare certification if a provider has not billed any claims within six months.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JUNE 27, 2023

Thomson, DO MBA HMDC FACOI FAAHPM As one of AAHPM’s delegates, I had the privilege of representing the field of Hospice and Palliative Medicine at the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates (HOD) 2023 Annual Meeting held in Chicago in mid-June. Author: Ruth M. All highlighted the needs of patients and their families.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

This can result in patients coming to hospice later in the course of their illnesses, according to Lee, who also serves on the board of directors at the Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network (SWHPN). But clinical education will need a much larger boost to ensure a sustainable workforce, according to many providers.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 17, 2023

The outlook on amyloid antibodies are looking brighter though in 2023. Now, of course, Medicare doesn’t pay for them. There’s medications, there’s palliative care, there’s working in a team, there’s frailty. Welcome back to GeriPal podcast, Sharon. Sharon: Thank you for having me again.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Diane: Huge.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

JAMA IM 2023 A shout-out to my NPR episode on 1A titled the “State of Hospice Care” DISCLAIMER While we filmed in Montreal during the Annual Assembly, all opinions expressed in this podcast are independent of AAHPM and HPNA, or the Annual Assembly. Reading Ira’s article, it essentially was the VITAS Medical Director job description.

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

See the AAHPM Legislative Action Center [link] Write to the DEA, with guidance from AAHPM’s comments to the DEA March 2023. Alex: We are delighted to welcome Joe Rotella, who’s the Chief Medical Officer of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. So now that the emergency response has ended, what’s to be done?

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