Hospice News

MARCH 12, 2024

The nation’s four largest hospice industry organizations — LeadingAge, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) — in late 2023 conducted a 133-respondent provider survey focused on regulation.

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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.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The ability to monitor and educate staff on their roles and responsibilities in compliance will be a key for hospice sustainability and quality heading into 2024, Piland said at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. On Wednesday, the U.S.

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Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2023

The nation’s total health care spend is expected to swell by 5.4% Meanwhile, Medicare hospice spending is expected to more than double by 2032. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary also project that health care expenditures will represent 19.6% These data from the U.S.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Hospices under pressure Given today’s reimbursement pressures, coupled with inflation and rising labor costs, expenses are a very real concern for hospice providers, particularly smaller organizations with tight margins. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gave hospices a 3.1%

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Hospice News

MARCH 25, 2024

Arizona-based Stoneridge Hospice launched services in 2020 with an aim to address a swelling aging population’s growing need for end-of-life care. Stoneridge Hospice provides home-based hospice and also contracts with other providers to offer facility-based services. Stoneridge Hospice launched in 2020.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Hospice organizations have increasingly sought partnerships with companies like these, including Compassus, Hospice of the Western Reserve and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), among others. Vast disparities in hospice utilization exist among some groups and demographics.

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Hospice News

JUNE 8, 2022

Case in point, the Providence Institute for Human Caring last year launched a tele-palliative care program aimed at addressing rural patients’ unmet needs. palliative?care care services for?patients For starters, rural regions are less likely to have a Medicare-certified hospice than urban counties.

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Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2023

As with nursing, the industry-wide labor shortage has impacted bereavement care, which is an underfunded service, according to Dr. Dawn Gross, palliative care physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health. Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care.

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Hospice News

MARCH 6, 2023

Hospice licensing should remain under the authority of state governments rather than federal agencies, though lawmakers “haven’t ruled anything out” when it comes to program integrity, according Rep. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on reported instances of hospice fraud in several states. “I

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Hospice and behavioral health care could increasingly intersect in coming years as demand for specialized care grows. But the prevalence of mental health conditions and related concerns like isolation and substance abuse mean that hospice and behavioral health providers may need to find more ways to integrate their services.

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Hospice of the North Coast

AUGUST 25, 2023

Hospice services, a specialized form of care tailored to individuals with terminal illnesses and their families, go beyond mere symptom management – they prioritize comfort and solace. What exactly does hospice care entail? We’ll explore their objectives, eligibility criteria, funding sources, and more.

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Shining Light Hospice

APRIL 19, 2021

M any people are unfamiliar with hospice care and how it works, beyond a basic passing familiarity with the name. Patients often have questions about it, including how long hospice care lasts, and even if they can come off it if their condition improves. How Long Can I Be On Hospice?

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High Peaks Hospice

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Ann Merkel grew up in New Haven, Connecticut where the first hospice in the United States started in 1974. That year Medicare determined that dying was no longer a diagnosis that warranted a hospital admission. The Merkels keenly felt the lack of compassionate care options for the dying. David Merkel, lived in Saranac Lake.

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NHPCO

JULY 25, 2023

These program integrity efforts include: Revocation of Medicare enrollment: CMS has identified fraud schemes and increased its operational ability to revoke Medicare enrollment more quickly. Organizational Deactivation: CMS proposes to revoke Medicare certification if a provider has not billed any claims within six months.

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Hospice News

MARCH 18, 2024

However, more stakeholders are applying the term to palliative care. Personalized medicine is a step away from a “one-size-fits-all” approach to health care. Unfortunately, that gives you a genotype of that individual, but it doesn’t give you their phenotype,” Logan told Palliative Care News.

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Shining Light Hospice

DECEMBER 24, 2021

What is Hospice? Hospice care offers all patients the opportunity to spend their last days as comfortably as possible, with support and care that includes loved ones as well. In general, hospice care is available when patients are expected to live six months or less if their disease progresses at its typical rate.

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Hospice News

MAY 7, 2024

Beginning in 2021, numerous reports emerged of unethical or illegal practices among hundreds of newly licensed hospices, particularly among new companies popping up in California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona. Thus far, California is the only state to take action on the issue, including a moratorium on hospice licensing.

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Seasons Hospice

MARCH 23, 2021

There’s a lot of confusion surrounding what hospice care is and what it does. A study conducted by the Journal of Palliative Medicine found that many hospice patients still hold significant misperceptions regarding hospice’s role in their care. . Hospice Care Services Overview.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

In enacted, the recently reintroduced Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA) could make a dent in the recruitment barriers that hospices keep hitting. A late referral often means that the patient will not receive the full benefits of hospice care. This tracks with available data.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

What is our role as hospice and palliative care providers in advocating for high-quality hospice care? If you are interested in signing the position statement “Core Roles and Responsibilities of Physicians in Hospice Care”, click here. JAMA Health Forum. JAMA Health Forum.

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

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.

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