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Quality Data Crucial for Hospices in Value-Based Reimbursement

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Understanding payer priorities in defining the scope of quality is vital for hospices to thrive not only in traditional Medicare, but also in today’s value-based reimbursement climate. The nitty gritty details of data tracking and management matter when it comes to ensuring both a healthy bottom line and quality patient care.

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Evaluating Alternate Payment Models in Hospice and Palliative Care

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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.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

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I think that’s the part that’s still the fundamental foundation of hospice, individualized care plans focusing on patients, families, wants, needs and goals. Lauren: Yeah, I think I can definitely see Joe’s point of view. If you do good quality patient care, I believe the other naturally follows.

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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

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Advocate for the CONNECT for Health Act, which would permanently expand access to telehealth for Medicare beneficiaries: [link] Much more on this podcast, including puzzling out who the characters in Space Oddity by David Bowie might represent in an extended analogy to telehealth. Welcome back to GeriPal, Brooke. Brooke: Thank you.