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Hospice News
DECEMBER 18, 2023
A revolution is needed in hospice care, complete with a new mindset, updated care models and redesigned payment systems, Dr Monisha Pujari, medical director for Longleaf Hospice, told Hospice News. We need to have Medicare interested being the primary driver, and they seem to be somewhat. So it really got me thinking.
Hospice News
JUNE 28, 2023
Lauren Templeton began her medical career in a surgical internship before transitioning to internal medicine. Templeton now is a hospice physician consultant at Weatherbee Resources as well as medical director for Texas-based Hendrick Hospice Care. What qualities or characteristics would such a person possess?
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Hospice News
JUNE 15, 2023
After more than a decade working in hospice leadership, Alli Collins came across something she had never seen before — a financially viable, all-volunteer provider that is not Medicare-certified. I am the new executive director for Hospice and Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley. She never instituted a Medicare provider number.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized its home health rule for 2024 containing a new policy that will require anyone who holds 5% ownership or more in a hospice to submit a criminal background check, including fingerprints. Additional services include palliative care, a veterans program and care coordination.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Daniel Schwartz, Chief Strategy Officer at Elara Caring, Devin Woodley, VP of Managed Care Contracting and B2B Sales at VNS Health, Gavin Baumgardner, VP and National Medical Director for Complex and Palliative care at Amedisys, and Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart.
Hospice News
JUNE 29, 2023
Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care. There isn’t a guideline as to what would be considered best practice or appropriately fulfilling the Medicare requirements for bereavement,” Gross said. There’s no guideline in place for fulfilling this Medicare requirement in an economically feasible way.”
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
The Improving Access to Advance Care Planning Act would expand utilization of these services by removing Medicare payment barriers faced by both providers and patients. The bill proposes to “wave,” or remove, Medicare beneficiary cost-sharing for advance care planning services. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Mark Warner (D-Va.)
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