NHPCO
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
(Alexandria, Va ) – An article on the hospice industry published by ProPublica on November 28 ( Endgame: How the Visionary Hospice Movement Became a For-Profit Hustle ), 2022, gives readers an inaccurate view of the Medicare hospice benefit, a uniquely person-centered program that brought comfort to 1.7
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. Research on global and national levels can play an important role in the ability to understand issues around hospice utilization and disparities. Congress extended the flexibility through Dec.
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Hospice News
MARCH 22, 2023
Despite years of scrutiny over the duration of hospice care, new data show that longer stays reduce health care costs in the last year of life by as much as 11%. All told, hospice care — regardless of length of stay — saves Medicare approximately $3.5 billion for patients in their last year of life, a 3.1%
Hospice News
MAY 31, 2023
Citing inflation and other headwinds, hospice providers and industry organizations are urging the U.S. This is the first of a series of Hospice News articles that will cover the industry’s response to the proposed rule. NHPCO heard from hospice providers throughout the country with concerns about the 2.8%
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
There’s a story Donnette Threats likes to tell when she thinks about hospice care and the meaning of time. As the Director of Product Management – Hospice at Homecare Homebase, Threats thinks often about what drives clinician satisfaction in hospice, and what innovations hospice providers can undergo to deliver that satisfaction.
Hospice News
MAY 17, 2024
Misconceptions about and limited awareness of hospice is among the industry’s largest headwinds, a problem that one hospice nurse in California is working to solve. After about eight years in the ICU, she “took the leap” into hospice nursing and hasn’t looked back. Hospice was a slower pace. I was in people’s homes.
Hospice News
JUNE 7, 2023
Hospice leaders and lawmakers are meeting on Capitol Hill today to address the pressing issue of program integrity, among other policy priorities. Thus far, California is the only state to take action on the issue, beginning with a moratorium on new hospice licenses and an extensive audit of California’s oversight processes.
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