The Caregiving Years Training Academy

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

For the first time, Medicare will reimburse services from peer support specialists and Community Health Workers. Earlier this month, Medicare released its final rule for services covered through Medicare Part B beginning January 1, 2024. The services provided by these professionals would be covered through Medicare. (In

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2024

The company in December 2023 picked up Arizona-based Southwestern Palliative Care & Hospice after acquiring five Medicare hospice providers in multiple states the prior month. Hospice utilization in Texas runs high, with 143,284 Medicare decedents using these services in 2021, according to the U.S. year-over-year increase.

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Chicago Caregiving

JANUARY 3, 2024

While there was no charge to my mother, there was a multi-thousand dollar charge to Medicare for something my mother never needed nor experienced. I called her insurance company, which transferred me to Medicare. Medicare investigators would first confirm my allegations and then try to recoup the funds that it had paid out.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), they would not be able to recertify via telehealth. Also, clinicians who are not enrolled in Medicare or who validly opted out would likewise be prohibited. They also found that 88% of patients and caregivers and 78% of providers for telehealth to be as effective as in-person visits.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

AUGUST 25, 2023

Last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that announces and solicits public comments from us on proposed policy changes for Medicare payments. These proposed policy changes include training for family caregivers and navigation system support.

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NHPCO

MARCH 11, 2024

For Immediate Release March 7, 2024 (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and its We Honor Veterans (WHV) program responded to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) clarification on concurrent care eligibility for Veteran beneficiaries.

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NHPCO

APRIL 17, 2023

For Immediate Release April 17, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) published the following statement in response to a recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule that would update key components of hospice reimbursement and regulations in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized its 2024 home health rule, including the implementation of a hospice Special Focus Program (SFP). The final rule forbids any change in majority ownership during the 36 months after initial Medicare enrollment, including acquisitions, stock transactions or mergers.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Gentiva Health Services has committed to expanding its recently established Advanced Illness Management (AIM) palliative care model in 2024, including its unique approach to reimbursement. Gentiva seeks to embody this vision through the AIM program, with plans to circumvent the need to work directly with Medicare or other payers.

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Hospice News

JULY 31, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled a new payment model demonstration geared toward dementia-related illnesses, which are becoming more prevalent among hospice patients. Patients will be stratified into one of five tiers, based on a combination of their disease stage and caregiver status.

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Hospice News

MAY 13, 2024

Patients, caregivers and family members surveyed rated the telehealth hospice services as “highly satisfactory,” including those from bereavement staff members along with clinicians. This compared to 35% of caregivers who prioritized life extension. The data comes at a time of regulatory flux around telehealth rules.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2024

But, due to the use of an oral solution, the caregiving daughter has to administer the medication every hour on the hour, which disrupts her sleep and adversely affects her own health. “If Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gave hospices a 3.1% billion for patients in their last year of life, a 3.1%

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

More Medicare Advantage organizations are developing customized plans for patients with special needs, including for those who may need palliative care or are nearing the end of life. As of 2024, SCAN will reduce members’ costs for 13 medications to between $0 and $11 for a month’s supply. The program launched earlier this year.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Palliative care providers may be uniquely positioned to develop partnerships that support patients through the new Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model recently unveiled by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. The eight-year demonstration model will begin July 1, 2024.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Securing reimbursement — and the promise of value-based contracts — continues to be top of mind for many palliative care providers as they look ahead to 2024. Consequently, fellow incarcerated caregivers provide much of the care and support that palliative care patients receive in prison settings.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

Current reimbursement structures within the federally established Medicare Hospice Benefit do not sufficiently support the level of care needed in rural-based communities, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). “We House of Representatives’ Ways and MeansCommittee.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

If enacted, the legislature would require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to design a payment demonstration model that would include coverage of blood transfusion services within the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.),

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Some telehealth flexibilities that were temporarily implemented during the COVID public health emergency (PHE) are scheduled to sunset at the end of 2024. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) allowed palliative care providers to perform patient care visits virtually. During the pandemic, the U.S. In June U.S.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Empath’s New Adult Day Center Empath LIFE has opened a new adult day center in Tampa, Florida, which will also provide caregiver education and respite services, among others. The facility is being renovated in 2024 into a palliative care center that will also include areas for staffing education across multiple areas of supportive care.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

Roughly one-third of Medicare claims for general inpatient hospice services (GIP) are billed in error, the OIG indicated. Longer general inpatient hospice stays and high-cost concerns are reasons for the audit, dubbed the “Audit of Selected, High-Risk Medicare Hospice General Inpatient Services,” according to OIG.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2023

1, 2024, providing in-home palliative care services to eligible patients who also receive primary care through the hospital. Another caregiving agency in the area serves patients on Medicaid or Medicare, but their availability is limited. The program will start serving patients on Sept.

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NHPCO

JUNE 7, 2024

Together with our advocacy partner, the Hospice Action Network (HAN), we serve as the leading voice advancing public policy to improve serious-illness and end-of-life care, while our CaringInfo program provides free resources to educate and empower patients and caregivers.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The company is a value-based organization that partners with primary care physicians nationwide to jointly take on the total cost and quality of care for their senior patients through Medicare Advantage or the the U.S. By the end of 2024, we will be in 25, all with a similar construct. It currently operates in 35 markets in 15 states.

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NHPCO

JANUARY 12, 2024

During yesterday’s public meetings, the MedPAC Commissioners unanimously voted in favor of the Chair’s hospice recommendation, which will be included in the Commission’s report to Congress in March 2024. While MedPAC is not a policy-setting body, its recommendations do bear weight among policymakers and lawmakers.

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2023

They’re stealing Medicare dollars, assessing opioid medication and depriving patients of access to the care that they need,” Rep. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), requesting a briefing on the agency’s efforts to combat fraud. But I want to make sure primarily that the caregivers’ hands are not tied.

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Comfort Home Care

JANUARY 5, 2024

Senior in-home care is a crucial part of caregiving in Rockville, MD, and throughout the DMV. In this article, we share the most significant trends and predictions for the home healthcare industry in 2024, as reported by Home Health Care News. This shortage has a direct impact on the capacity of the home health market.

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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.” Malaz: I love it.

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NHPCO

MARCH 28, 2024

For Immediate Release March 28, 2024 CMS Proposes 2.6% billion in annual savings for Medicare, which underscores the critical importance of investing in hospice to ensure continued beneficiary access to quality end-of-life care.” We know that hospice care has demonstrated $3.5

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Hospice News

JULY 10, 2023

Among the program’s goals is to enroll at least 3,000 new Illinois patients into home-based primary care by 2024. “It million seniors who reside in Illinois are 85 or older, and 40% of Medicare beneficiaries in the state have four or more chronic conditions, according to HCCI. About 12% of the 2.1

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should implement billing codes and quality assessments for telehealth services, according to new recommendations from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). House of Representatives in July passed legislation to keep them in place through the end of 2024.

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2023

Certain telehealth flexibilities temporarily implemented during the PHE are sticking around until the end of 2024, while others are rolling away as it expires. Hospice telehealth a ‘new normal’ While not yet considered permanent, Congress has extended hospices’ ability to do recertifications via telehealth through December 31, 2024.

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NHPCO

MAY 10, 2024

For Immediate Release May 10, 2024 (Alexandria, VA) – This week marked a series of triumphs for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and its advocacy arm, the Hospice Action Network (HAN), in collaboration with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

If there’s technology to support that effort, it’s something to engage in, because the world of hospice can be very taxing on caregivers.” Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in its proposed home health rule for 2024 introduced the hospice provision of a 36-month change of ownership regulation.

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NHPCO

JUNE 16, 2023

These congressional advocacy actions came a week after NHPCO filed detailed comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Hospice Wage Index and Quality Reporting Proposed Rule, demonstrating the importance of both legislative and regulatory advocacy for protecting and improving hospice and palliative care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

I think that the incredibly important role that hospice plays in sight of, not only the economic side, but just the social side of families and caregivers. What do you foresee as being different about the hospice industry as you look ahead to 2024? We’ll continue to see Medicare Advantage penetration. However, the [U.S.

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Hospice News

JUNE 22, 2023

We don’t have all the personal things that are really between the caregiver and the patient,” Joe Lyons, research coordinator for SEIU’s health care division, told Hospice News. “It’s million Medicare beneficiaries elected the benefit in 2021, up from 1.43 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to waive certain regulatory requirements during a declared public health emergency (PHE). It’s been very successful in getting patients both access to home health and allowing them to leave the hospital while the hospital tries to find them a [primary care provider].

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