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New Dementia-Focused Payment Model Emphasizes Caregiver Support

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled in July 2023. In 2021, these conditions tied with cancer as the most frequently occurring principal diagnoses for Medicare decedents who elected the benefit, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

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NHPCO and HAN Welcome Introduction of Community-Based Palliative Care Act in Congress

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If passed, the bill would require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to develop a Community-Based Palliative Care (CBPC) demonstration. 2565) which proposes the creation of a demonstration project to support improved access to palliative care services through a community-based model.

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Startup The Wound Company on the Hunt for Hospice Partnerships

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And yet these patients are suffering from wounds that are odorous, with uncontrolled drainage, there’s extreme pain during and between dressing changes that really affect the patient’s experience at the end of life and affects the caretakers.” We also have a business working with Medicare Advantage and Medicaid plans directly.

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Future Leaders Class of 2022: Lauren O’Dwyer, CFO, Anvoi Hospice and Anvoi Management

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Caretaker teams can set hospices apart from competitors in their markets. Before stepping into the CFO role, O’Dwyer previously served as controller and provided accounting oversight for these hospices and others to help ensure accurate financial representation of each entity.

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