Hospice News
MARCH 29, 2024
The 2025 proposed hospice rule is raising some questions along with payment rates. increase in hospice per diems for 2025. The agency also proposed two new quality measures and 2025 implementation of the Hospice Outcome and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) assessment tool to replace the Hospice Item Set.
Hospice News
JUNE 3, 2024
Hospice industry organizations have voiced support for proposed updates to the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) surveys, but raised questions on the implementation timeline. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) included the updates in its proposed hospice payment rule for 2025.
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Hospice News
MAY 29, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) may not have accounted for the financial and administrative burdens associated with its implementation of the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) Tool. The tool is slated for an October 2025 implementation, according to the proposed rule.
Hospice News
MAY 8, 2024
A bill currently before Congress would extend through 2026 regulatory flexibilities related to telehealth, including the ability to recertify patients for hospice care. If enacted, the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act, would as of 2025 extend the flexibilities by two years.
Hospice News
JUNE 30, 2023
“There has been a strong community need to offer patients access to an inpatient level of care in which the hospice provider is not dependent on a hospital or skilled nursing facility when accepting patients,” Jennifer Melad, VITAS senior general manager, told Hospice News. year-over-year.
Hospice News
MAY 13, 2024
Research trends can help hospice providers improve their understanding around the impacts of their services and where quality gaps may exist. Their research found that coordinated telehealth visits with hospice interdisciplinary staff helped ease care transitions among young adults and children.
Hospice News
MARCH 19, 2024
The legislation comes at a time of critical need for supportive services, according to Kerry Moss, palliative care division head at Connecticut Children’s. The pediatric provider launched its palliative care services roughly a decade ago, Moss said. It requires so much more than reimbursement in adult hospice.
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