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3 Strategies for Hospice GIP Compliance

Hospice News

The inpatient cap limits the number of days of inpatient care for which Medicare will pay to 20% of a hospice’s total Medicare patient care days, according to OIG. The hospice, for instance, must retain primary management of the patient. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Skehan indicated.

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CMS Issues Guidance for Hospices on HOPE Tool Implementation

Hospice News

“HOPE items are designed to collect patient-specific data in real-time, based on interactions with the patient and family/caregiver, and with flexibility to accommodate patients with varying clinical needs,” CMS indicated in the guidance. The document contains introductory material.

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Spend less time on paperwork, billing and more time on home infusion patient care

AlayaCare

This is how they’re using AlayaCare to spend less time on billing and paperwork and more time on patient care so they can leverage the growing home infusion market to become subcontracting nursing agencies of choice. Improving efficiency with real-time field visibility. Providing the custom forms needed for home infusion operations.

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Spend less time on paperwork, billing and more time on home infusion patient care

AlayaCare

This is how they’re using AlayaCare to spend less time on billing and paperwork and more time on patient care so they can leverage the growing home infusion market to become subcontracting nursing agencies of choice.

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VOICES: Jeri Vaughan, Director of Product Management, KanTime

Hospice News

Jeri Vaughan: I have experience as a consumer of hospice benefits, as a leader of a hospice agency, and now as a vendor in the post-acute care industry, which provides me with a unique perspective. My mother had pancreatic cancer, and I served as her primary caregiver while also managing a hospice agency.

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Hospice Documentation What You Need to Know

Hospice Nurse Hero

Hospice documentation is tedious and time-consuming. I’ve outlined simple tips to help you master the fundamentals of hospice documentation. Do you spend hours documenting at home? Worse yet, do you find yourself frustrated when “corporate” only seems to care about timely documentation? D on’t judge me! ).

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Emerging Services Help Hospice Patients Reduce Anxiety About Pets’ Future

Hospice News

Worries about their pets can contribute to great stress and anxiety for dying patients, impacting quality of life, according to Tania Crawford, volunteer coordinator at Hospice of Redmond. The organization also deploys volunteers to help families care for animals in the home. “In

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