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Voices: ??Dr. Khai Nguyen, National Medical Director, Geriatrician, CHAP

Hospice News

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Dr. Khai Nguyen , National Medical Director, Geriatrician for CHAP, to talk about the age-friendly care movement. It has also helped me serve our partners in this space as a National Medical Director for CHAP. This article is sponsored by CHAP.

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Survey: 77% of Hospices Undergo Multiple Audits Simultaneously

Hospice News

The nation’s four largest hospice industry organizations — LeadingAge, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) — in late 2023 conducted a 133-respondent provider survey focused on regulation.

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Meet Nancy Colobong Smith, American Nephrology Nurses Association’s President-Elect 2023-24

Minority Nurse

She is the national president-elect 2023-24 of the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA). My current role is as the Clinical Nurse Specialist and ARNP for Renal, Dialysis, and Transplant at the University of Washington Medical Center. Please tell me about your role now and how your career brought you to this place.

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Voices: Deanna Heath, VP of Hospice and Palliative Care Services, KanTime

Hospice News

Hospice would likely change from the Medical Director-led IDT team with standard COPS, to a landscape of payer-source-driven rules for each patient. The ability to present customer satisfaction scores, attention to HQRP measures and a means for providing quality hospice services in a cost-effective manner directly impacts those plans.

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OIG Audits of Hospice Eligibility Are Coming in FY 2023–Are You Ready?

Home Care Pulse

The OIG announced a new focused audit that will be conducted in FY 2023. The OIG announced a new focused audit that will be conducted in FY 2023. The intake team will be instructed to gather data from other medical providers and present it to the hospice medical director for her review prior to scheduling an admission.

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Hospice Concurrent Care Becomes Flash Point for AAHPM Efforts at AMA House of Delegates

AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

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. A few of the arguments presented against the resolution were that: 1.)

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5 Numbers that Shaped Hospice in 2022

Hospice News

Executives from almost every publicly traded hospice company raised this issue in earnings calls and presentations throughout the year. Length of stay will be a factor in the OIG’s planned national audit of hospice eligibility in 2023. “I Others included Amedisys and Chemed Corp. NYSE: CHEM) VITAS Healthcare. “So

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