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Federal Officials Call for Stronger Medicare Advantage Oversight

Hospice News

Assistant HHS Inspector General Erin Bliss raised concerns during the hearing about MA plans using chart reviews or in-home health risk assessments to diagnose patients, often without additional follow-up. One potential factor is that historically MA does not cover hospice care. billion in 2017 alone, she indicated.

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Key Themes to Emerge at Home Care 100 Next Week

AlayaCare

AlayaCare on site at top industry conference January 19-22 in Miami Next week, the nation’s top conference for leaders in home and hospice care heads to Miami as Home Care 100 lands January 19-22. That same data must also prove that home care is improving client care.

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