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Enhancing Care Coordination Can Give Hospices An Edge in Value-Based Models

Hospice News

As more health care reimbursement migrates towards value-based payment models, providers will need to master the art of care coordination. Seriously ill patients can easily fall through the cracks in a fragmented health care system, leading to poorer outcomes and costly hospital stays and emergency department visits.

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6 Ways EHR systems impact home care agencies 

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EHR systems serve as a centralized platform that facilitates the seamless sharing of client information among healthcare professionals, reducing the risk of miscommunication and enhancing care coordination. Enhanced documentation and accessibility Gone are the days of sifting through piles of paper documents to find client records.

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Transparency Essential to Hospice Compliance in 2024

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Caris Healthcare provides adult and pediatric hospice care to more than 40,000 patients and families across 28 locations in Georgia, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Additional services include palliative care, a veterans program and care coordination.

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Physician, Legislator Morhaim: Hospices Should Be Vocal About Advance Care Plans

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Advance care planning by necessity occurs upstream of hospice, but those providers nevertheless have a role to play in helping patients and families understand the importance of making their end-of-life wishes known. To help move the needle, hospice and palliative care providers can serve as advocates and educators, according to Dr. .'”

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Voices: Melissa Kozak, Founder and Head of CitusHealth

Hospice News

The most common deficiencies are non-personalized care plans, missed direct-care visits, substandard visit documentation, incomplete care plans, and a lack of updates to care plans. In turn, hospice providers should focus on staying ahead of care plan requirements and recognizing areas for improvement.

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How Palliative Care Fits in to CMMI’s Enhancing Oncology Model

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A new cancer-focused payment model demonstration from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) could create opportunities for palliative care providers. The goals of the Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM), which went live on July 1, are to improve the quality and reduce the cost of cancer care with augmented care coordination.

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Big data: How does it affect my home care agency?

AlayaCare

Healthcare providers are adapting to new technologies such as electronic health records (EHRs), which allow them to gather these “extremely large data sets” of home health documents. Bringing all client information together gives stakeholders more visibility and insight into the care being provided.