Hospice News
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Nationwide, about half of all hospice agencies are freestanding, while the remaining half are owned by other types of providers mainly home health agencies, hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, according to a report from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). Among the 1.6 Among the 1.6 Anthony’s Hospice.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
The Medicare Hospice Benefit should allow some concurrent care, and Congress should support greater access to palliative care, among other reforms, according to LeadingAge. The senior care advocacy organization wrote to Congressional leaders today calling on lawmakers to devote attention to improving the 40-year-old benefit.
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Hospice News
MAY 5, 2022
In pursuit of these objectives, the company in 2021 launched two new programs: Chronic Care Management (CCM) program and Transitional Care Management (TCM), as well as deploying Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) systems. CCM is a critical component of primary care that contributes to better outcomes and higher satisfaction for patients.
Hospice News
MAY 30, 2023
Palliative care services including skilled conversations with patients and families to understand their goals of care, managing pain and other symptoms, support for family caregivers, care coordination, and addressing patients’ social, psychological, and spiritual sources of suffering. While the large majority of U.S.
Hospice News
MAY 4, 2023
And throughout health care, change is certainly in the air, with value-based payment models as key drivers. For one, care coordination is a watchword within the value-based programs. Historically, home-based care and hospice providers have worked primarily within Medicare fee-for-service models.
Hospice News
AUGUST 4, 2023
HHCJ received Medicare certification in 2006 and was operated by Catholic Community Services prior to its closure. The home health and hospice provider’s additional services included bereavement care, as well as free medical equipment loans for wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, bath benches, bedside commodes or canes.
Nurse.com
MAY 9, 2022
In this model, nurses provide not only care but also coordination of care and can develop patient-focused care plans, which is necessary to keep everything running smoothly, according to Whitfield. Another nurse and I were the daytime care coordinators,” Whitfield said.
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