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Palliative Care’s Evolving Role in Medicaid

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You’re going little by little to communities where the community partners are, and giving education to hospitals, nursing homes, physician offices and practices. The number of states introducing palliative care Medicaid reimbursement channels has been climbing in recent years. Utilization is a totally different ball of wax.

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4 Ways Hospices Are Pursuing Growth in 2023

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In 2023, the focus for many is to not only expand their core business but to spread further into the care continuum. The below comments were taken from original interviews, conducted in person and via the phone, throughout early 2023. Hospices are blazing trails toward growth, each provider with its own range of strategies.

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4 For-Profit Hospice Providers to Watch in 2023

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’s (NASDAQ: AMED) trajectory in 2023 is a tale of three companies, and they should be watched for three reasons. For one, the Nashville-based home health provider, one of the nation’s largest, recently came under new leadership with the appointment of CEO Richards Ashworth. Amedisys : A journey toward integration Amedisys Inc.’s

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CMS to Sunset Look-Alike Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plans in 2023

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2023 will phase out dual-eligibility special needs look-alike plans within Medicare Advantage. Some hospice patients rely on these plans for other health needs, such as nursing home costs. Close to 12 million people in the United States qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid.

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Angela Hospice’s New Inpatient Facility; Hosparus Opens PACE Center

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Hosparus Health in January 2023 applied for licensure , recently receiving a greenlight from the U.S. To qualify for PACE, residents must be 55 and older, in need of nursing home-level care and able to safely receive community-based services in a home-based setting. has opened a new inpatient center in Illinois.

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Congress Grills HHS on Hospice Program Integrity

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Medicare claims data shows that 102 new enrolled hospices entered California in 2023. Overall, about 69% of all newly licensed hospices in 2023 were located in Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas. Arizona also saw a rise of 25 new hospices during the last year, with Texas and Nevada seeing 72 and 25 new providers, respectively.

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Future Leaders Class of 2022: Hayden Jordan, Palliative Care Director, PruittHealth Home

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Hayden Jordan, director of palliative care for senior care provider PruittHealth Home, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Hospice News. . The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care.