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Hospice News
MAY 13, 2024
This article details recent key research findings on hospice care, including the effects of telehealth utilization among terminally ill pediatric patients, along with barriers to improved goal-concordant end-of-life care in Asia, Canada and Europe. The data comes at a time of regulatory flux around telehealth rules.
Hospice News
AUGUST 4, 2023
The 2024 final hospice payment rule included a modest payment increase for general inpatient care (GIP) at a time when regulators are zeroing in on increased utilization and longer stays. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) included in the rule a 1.031% increase to hospice GIP services.
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Hospice News
MARCH 5, 2024
You can subscribe to Palliative Care News here: Subscribe today! The Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in will be carved back out by the end of this year. Among other goals, the program was designed to test coverage of hospice care through Medicare Advantage, as well as the delivery of palliative care and transitional care.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Its services include nursing care, meal preparation, companionship, housekeeping, transportation, assistance with activities of daily living and companionship, and a senior care coordination program. “By The JV is currently honing its focus on expanding access to home care for seniors across South Dakota.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
“If you think about how they’ve taken on strains in their capacity, these post-acute services – home health and hospice – they can get patients out of very expensive settings,” Klementz told Hospice News at the Home Care 100 Conference. Among the 1.6 Among the 1.6
Hospice News
AUGUST 2, 2023
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) recently finalized hospice payment rule. The intent of the HQRP, and the penalties for noncompliance, is to allow for increased transparency around the quality of end-of-life care that patients receive, according to CMS.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Combined, Asians, African Americans and Hispanics in 2018 represented only 20% of Medicare hospice patients, while the remaining 80% were Caucasian, according NHPCO. Palliative Care Providers Hitting Walls in Value-Based Reimbursement. Vast disparities in hospice utilization exist among some groups and demographics.
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