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Longer Hospice Stays Lead to Larger Medicare Cost Savings

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All told, hospice care — regardless of length of stay — saves Medicare approximately $3.5 But those with stays of six months or more yielded the highest percentage of savings. In other findings, the report also indicated that the costs of hospice care “break-even” with care settings on day 10 and begin generating savings on day 11.

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AAHPM CMO Joe Rotella: Hospice Does Not Exist to Save Money

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Not only do they have a better life, maybe even live longer, but it saves the system money. What I worry about is that people will think we’re here to save the system money. We’re not here to save the system money. That means sometimes we make decisions for that patient and don’t save the system money.

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How Palliative Care Generates Savings, Boosts Hospice Utilization

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Past payment model demonstrations that included community-based palliative care offer a window into how these services could generate cost savings and improved quality. We found that there is another $500 million in potential savings for 346,000 potentially eligible enrolled beneficiaries,” Munevar stated.

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Telemedicine Linked to Health Care Cost Savings, Improved Quality

Hospice News

The post Telemedicine Linked to Health Care Cost Savings, Improved Quality appeared first on Hospice News. “The effects of telemedicine on quality and spending could change as technology improves, health systems optimize telemedicine services or patient demand grows,” they wrote.

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Primary-Palliative Care Model Improved Quality, Cost Savings

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The post Primary-Palliative Care Model Improved Quality, Cost Savings appeared first on Hospice News. “It is clear that there is tremendous benefit to patients and our health care system by investing in primary care physicians and helping scale palliative care programs.”

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StateServe’s Delta Care Rx Acquisition Fueled by Hospice Cost Saving Potential

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The post StateServe’s Delta Care Rx Acquisition Fueled by Hospice Cost Saving Potential appeared first on Hospice News. Our vision of the combined solution will include a significant investment in new technology to automate and streamline workflows, enabling better quality service and efficiency for our customers.”

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Saving Baby Blues

Elaine Mansfield

Mama save me. Mouths open wide Mama save me Help me. I pray the parents will return To save the babies and save me. The Bluebird parents would have overcome fear to save their young, but the ribbons can’t go up on the nesting box just any time. Have you ever tried to save a wild baby? Wouldn’t you?)

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