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Post-PHE Hospice Regulation: How Telehealth Rules Will Change

Hospice News

The future of telehealth in hospice care delivery is among the questions swirling around the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) on May 11. Though initially the telehealth waivers weren’t intended to be permanent, they will likely have long-term impacts in hospice.

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New Leadership at Interim HealthCare; Former Amedisys CEO to Lead TheKey

Hospice News

Paul Mastrapa becomes CEO of Interim HealthCare Jennifer Sheets is out as CEO of Interim HealthCare and Caring Brands International. Paul Mastrapa, former CEO of Help at Home, will succeed her. Mastrapa since 2021 has been an advisor and consultant to multiple health care companies. Gerard wrote on LinkedIn Monday.

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Three Key Gauges of Hospice Business Performance

Hospice News

The Medicare benefit covers the vast majority of hospice care in the United States, but in coming years providers find themselves working with a more diverse mix of payers. Kenneth Albert, president and CEO, Androscoggin Home Care + Hospice. “We Medicare is the most reliable payer [for hospice].

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Community Hospice CEO Philip Ward: Providers Must Rethink Everything

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To manage the changes taking place in hospice and in the larger health care system, Community Hospice & Palliative Care CEO Philip Ward has a mantra: Rethink everything. Former Community CEO Susan-Ponder Stansel moved on to lead Alivia Care. Are those available in your particular market?

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CMS Proposes ‘36-Month Rule’ to Curb Hospice License ‘Flipping’

Hospice News

“People have been flipping licenses, absolutely,” Cory Mertz, managing partner for the M&A Advisory firm Mertz Taggart, told Hospice News. “We led a group of lawmakers who wrote to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure asking for the agency to brief them on fraud and abuse within the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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What Hospices Can Learn from Home Health Agencies on New Program Integrity Rules

Hospice News

The problem represents an opportunity for the hospice community to work with lawmakers to identify solutions, according to Ben Marcantonio, COO and interim CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). Their recommendations included a temporary moratorium on new hospices enrolling in Medicare.

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

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Hospice care reduces Medicare expenditures by about $3.5 reduction, according to a joint report released in March by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and NORC at the University of Chicago. .

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