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Hospice News
JANUARY 2, 2024
This type of coordination can improve outcomes , decrease costs, and offer patients a better quality of life. Navigating system challenging for patients Critiques of current care coordination often focus on the disjointed experiences patients have when dealing with multiple providers, specialists and other services.
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
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to examine the issue and to consider actions like targeted moratoria on licenses. In development for subsequent years is a Special Focus Program (SFP) with a range of enforcement powers up to and including civil monetary penalties and revocation of Medicare certification, among others.
Hospice News
AUGUST 2, 2023
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) recently finalized hospice payment rule. These updates underscore the importance of hospice program integrity and access to care,” Marcantonio told Hospice News. pay raise won’t be enough to support care amid these financial pressures, she said.
Hospice News
JANUARY 2, 2023
The possibility exists that hospice care will change more in the next few years than it has during the previous four decades. The Medicare Hospice Benefit turned 40-years-old in 2022, and in that time the program has remained fundamentally unchanged. To an extent, it has also segregated hospice from the rest of the health care system.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) raised hospice per diems by 3.8% With much of hospice payments and revenues coming from Medicare, it’s virtually impossible for hospices to shift costs to other payers. Stepping up caregiver education can go a long way toward fostering cost-effective care, according to Teslik. “We
Home Care Pulse
JUNE 27, 2023
17: How Home Care Agencies Can Reduce Hospital Readmissions Michelle Cone and Laura Coyle of HomeWell Care Services address why home care plays a crucial role in reducing hospital readmissions, how they're prioritizing this at HomeWell, and what they would suggest as the first step to improving outcomes.
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