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Federal Officials Call for Stronger Medicare Advantage Oversight

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Congressional legislators are casting doubts on regulatory oversight of Medicare Advantage plans over concerns about spending, claims denials, and end-of-life care. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) or any Medicare Advantage plans spoke at this hearing. No representatives from the U.S.

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Future Leader: Drake Jarman, SVP of Growth, Hospice, Amedisys

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The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. Drake Jarman, senior vice president of growth of hospice at Amedisys Inc. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].

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UnityPoint VP Agnew: Educate Patients, Clinicians to Expand Hospice

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Though professionally she has cared for terminally ill patients for more than 30 years, her personal experience after her mother’s diagnosis with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer underscored the critical importance of her work. This drives her commitment to expand access to hospice care, particularly among underserved populations.

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Program Integrity, Health Equity, Workforce Pressures Top of Mind for Hospice Leaders in 2024

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CEOs and other hospice executives also noted emerging themes. Among them is an evolving conversation around potential changes to the Medicare Hospice Benefit, an increasing focus on equitable access and service diversification to engage patients further upstream. Hospice care reduces Medicare expenditures by about $3.5

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