Hospice News
MAY 10, 2024
House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to markup a new bill that would extend those flexibilities through the end of 2026. Patients with advanced cancer prefer to receive palliative care via telehealth rather than visiting a clinic, a recent study has found. Since then, virtual services have boomed.
Hospice News
JUNE 4, 2024
State of telepalliative regulations Congress currently is weighing a bill, the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act , that proposes to extend the expiration of regulatory flexibilities tied to telehealth through 2026. People would suffer. Currently set to sunset Dec.
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Hospice News
JUNE 3, 2024
1, 2026 at the earliest. Behind the changes is a desire to increase response rates, which have been declining. Between the 2021 and 2023 reporting period, those rates reached only 29%, according to data cited in comments on the rule by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Association (NHPCO).
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. It also includes some exceptions.
Hospice News
MAY 13, 2024
A bill recently introduced to Congress proposed to extend these telehealth flexibilities until 2026. Patients, caregivers and family members surveyed rated the telehealth hospice services as “highly satisfactory,” including those from bereavement staff members along with clinicians. Congress extended the flexibility through Dec.
Hospice News
MAY 20, 2024
By the end of 2026, we will add two more. A group of former hospice and home health leaders have gone all-in on Programs for All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE) with the launch of an emerging company. Ultimately, BoldAge PACE plans to build a national footprint. Why is PACE an attractive model for home health and hospice companies?
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
The legislation would require health care facility employers with 10,000 full-time workers or more to pay a minimum wage of $23 per hour starting in June 2024, with year-over-year increases until reaching the $25 per hour mark in 2026. After that, the minimum wage would be indexed around inflation or 3.5%.
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