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Voices: ??Dr. Khai Nguyen, National Medical Director, Geriatrician, CHAP

Hospice News

This article is sponsored by CHAP. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Dr. Khai Nguyen , National Medical Director, Geriatrician for CHAP, to talk about the age-friendly care movement. It has also helped me serve our partners in this space as a National Medical Director for CHAP.

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Voices: Deanna Heath, VP of Hospice and Palliative Care Services, KanTime

Hospice News

This article is sponsored by KanTime. Commonly known as the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in, the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model officially launched on January 1, 2021, with 53 Medicare Advantage Plans offering the benefit in 206 counties within 13 states and Puerto Rico for 4 years ending in 2025.

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OIG Audits of Hospice Eligibility Are Coming in FY 2023–Are You Ready?

Home Care Pulse

Article Contents: – Introduction. Article Contents: Michah’s Story Begins. B oth the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) are charged with preventing fraud and abuse related to federal healthcare spending. billion Medicare dollars.

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The Secret is Out: Hospice Recertification Made Easy!

Hospice Nurse Hero

However, did you know that only the hospice medical director can recertify your patient’s eligibility ? While the nurse practitioner can perform the face-to-face visit, it is up to the hospice medical director to review the documentation and certify the patient still meets hospice criteria. Yep, you heard me right.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?

Pallimed

This commentary, the final in our trilogy, expands on these articles to quantify and clarify the extent of Chou’s COI. In November 2003, the Orlando Sentinel published a series of articles on OxyContin, exemplifying the media’s moral panic about opioids (12).

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Amyloid Antibodies and the Role of the Geriatrician: Nate Chin, Sharon Brangman, and Jason Karlawish

GeriPal

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome Nate Chin, who is associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, where he is medical director of their Alzheimer’s Disease research center and runs a large study in Wisconsin called the RAP Study studying Alzheimer’s Disease. Welcome back to GeriPal podcast, Sharon.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” ” You know?

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