Hospice News

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The audit is expected to examine the factors that contributed to the expansion of hospice providers in the state during the last decade and determine the scope of fraud or abuse. Last week, a group of hospice industry organizations wrote to U.S. Medi-Cal is the state’s Medicaid program.

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Hospice News

JULY 28, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is giving hospices a 3.1% That will translate to a $780 million bump to hospice payments next year compared to Fiscal Year 2023, according to CMS. Hospice Payment Update for 2024, But Industry Stakeholders Fear It Falls Short appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 18, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has reiterated that the agency will not allow hospices to recertify patients after the COVID-19 public health emergency expires. . Face-to-face encounters for purposes of patient recertification for the Medicare hospice benefit can now be conducted via telehealth (i.e.,

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Hospice News

MAY 13, 2024

Patients, caregivers and family members surveyed rated the telehealth hospice services as “highly satisfactory,” including those from bereavement staff members along with clinicians. Health care professionals surveyed included hospice nurses and administrators, as well as oncology and palliative care clinicians. 31, 2024.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Care Team offers home-based care that includes hospice, nursing and occupational, physical and speech therapy services, as well as medical social workers. Established in 2016, 1st Care provides home health and hospice in the Indianapolis area and surrounding counties across Central Indiana. This is up from 16.4%

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

From a business perspective, patient populations who experienced longer lengths of stay boosted hospice margins by as much as 20% during 2016, according to a report from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). You’re sending out another clinician.”.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

MAY 11, 2022

If completing a hospice admission gives you cold sweats, you’ll want to check out these expert hospice admission tips. One of the most common frustrations hospice nurses have is related to how long it takes to complete hospice documentation. And at the top of the list is the hospice admission.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Its technology platform connects patients and family members to palliative and hospice nurses, social workers, spiritual coordinators and other interdisciplinary staff. Guaranteed serves Medicare and Medicaid patients across five counties in southern California, including the Los Angeles region.

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Hospice News

MARCH 25, 2024

My wife was a nurse in emergency medicine for several years, and my niece was a long-time hospice nurse. We set out to provide patients in the greater Phoenix area with the best possible hospice care that they can get. What was your experience in determining a need for a new hospice provider in your service region?

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Hospice Nurse Hero

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

As a hospice nurse, there are many skills that you must master. One of these skills is understanding and completing hospice GIP documentation. If you’re seeking clarity on GIP-level care and hospice GIP documentation, you’ve come to the right place. What is Hospice GIP Care?

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Hospice Nurse Hero

MARCH 6, 2024

Furthermore, documenting decline is not only for ensuring quality care but also for meeting Medicare documentation requirements for hospice eligibility and recertification. I didn’t always understand how to chart for hospice. RESOURCES FOR NEW HOSPICE NURSES! I’ll be honest.

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High Peaks Hospice

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

A hospice nurse was recently asked, “How can you work in hospice – it must be so sad!” I love that I can use my training as a nurse to bring comfort and dignity to my patients, and seeing the relief on their faces and on the faces of those who care for them. The nation’s hospices serve more than 1.5

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Hospice News

MARCH 24, 2023

The effort comes at a time when lengths of stay for hospice patients are falling. Nationwide, the average hospice length of stay fell by nearly five days in 2021 to 92.1, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Whereas the median length declined slightly to 17 days, down from 18 in 2020.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 4, 2024

Has your dedication to your hospice role affected your work-life balance? If you’re a hospice nurse who loves their job but struggles with organization, fret not. In this guide, we’ll explore tips and strategies, suitable for both seasoned and new nurses, to enhance your hospice documentation process.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Like most comfort care homes, Hildegard House is supported entirely by philanthropy and receives no reimbursement from any type of insurance, including Medicare or Medicaid. All staff members are volunteers, with the exception of one certified nursing assistant who works the night shift. . We don’t get very much publicity.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 16, 2023

As a result, I started receiving phone calls from Medicare members, often seeking assistance on issues that I couldn’t directly resolve. Hospice nurses really appreciate the fact that E3 Pro was designed specifically for their needs, so that’s something we’re really proud of. Enclara talks a lot about nurse experience.

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Traditions Health

APRIL 22, 2024

A vital role in hospice care She’s worked as a volunteer coordinator for more than six years, but before that, was a hospice nurse for 23 years. During that time, she’s come to understand what patients need, and how volunteers can add value.

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1-800-HOSPICE

JANUARY 18, 2022

In 1984, there were only 31 Medicare-certified home hospice agencies. A well-timed hospice referral has been shown to cut the risk of clinical depression among family caregivers by more than 88%. Additionally, Medicare pays 100% for home hospice with no copays or deductibles. Caregiver Education in Hospice.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 26, 2022

Why Hospice Documentation Matters. First, like all nurses, hospice nurses are required to document ALL patient care. When you don’t document, Medicare doesn’t pay. Think of it this way, if Medicare repeatedly denies payment, then you might not get that raise you deserve. Hospice Charting Fundamentals.

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Hospice 101

APRIL 20, 2020

And then, there are the hospice volunteers. Although ALL volunteers are special and truly appreciated, due to my line of work as a Hospice Nurse, I find that Hospice Volunteers are VERY special individuals. Working in the field of hospice is not an easy task, emotionally. Volunteer Appreciation WEEK is April 19-25.

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1-800-HOSPICE

DECEMBER 21, 2021

It is a common misconception that Medicare requires a DNR for patients to receive hospice benefits. Under Medicare guidelines, a DNR is *not* an eligibility requirement for hospice. Some hospice professionals report that individual programs, especially non-Medicare programs, require a DNR. Conclusion.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

MARCH 2, 2022

This form of hospice reporting was part of a mandate in the Affordable Care Act (ACA ) and became active in 2017. Secondly, the scores from this survey are followed and recorded by Medicare. As a hospice nurse, you might not always understand how this relates to your work. WHAT DOES MEDICARE CAHPS REPORT?

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

Questions such as: Why did the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate volunteer involvement in hospice as a condition of participation in the Medicare Hospice Benefit? In my 30+ years as a hospice nurse, I have had the privilege of working with many hospice volunteers.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Hospice care is delivered anywhere the patient calls home and for many elderly, this includes the nursing home. Learn how you can build better relationships with nursing homes while delivering quality hospice care. As a hospice nurse, it’s likely that you will provide care to nursing home patients.

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Hospice Nurse Hero

AUGUST 21, 2022

Sometimes hospice patients live longer than six months. When this happens, you’ll want to use these tips to document the hospice recertification with ease. If you’ve worked long enough as a hospice nurse, then there’s a good chance you’ve had to chart a patient’s hospice recertification.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I think it’s the first one that’s ever been done on hospice nurses in the hospice industry, done by the Amity Group. This was presented back in Tampa at a post-acute long-term care conference earlier this year, where we looked at the ability of speech recognition to drive down Medicare denials of claims.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

How many patients is my hospice nurse case manager responsible for on any given day? Does the hospice offer general inpatient care? Does the hospice offer continuous home care? The nuances around the types of ownership, the practices of that organization- Eric: Who actually owns the hospice is opaque. Who sees you?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

So, very short time to return on their investment, which concerns us because the hospices that probably a lot of us grew up to love and refer to are ones that have potentially been around for decades and we’re seeing more and more hospices, I always think back to our episode about this a thousand hospices just in LA County- Alex: Thousand.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

I’m guessing some, because I’ve read a lot of articles, are social workers and nurses, past hospice nurses. In fact, I worked for senior care options payer-provider in Massachusetts, where I am coupled end-of-life care from hospice back in 2009. We pay for the end-of-life doulas through our foundation.

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Living With Hospice

JULY 27, 2022

Now, as you know (and just to be clear), Hospice care is very closely regulated by federal rules and laws, and really specifically by Medicare. That's because Hospice Agencies practice medicine. Hospice staff not only administers drugs but performs diagnoses determinations and all that goes with that.

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NHPCO

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

I’m honored to be selected as one of HAN’s Angel Awardees again this year, and I am so grateful for the work HAN, NHPCO, and all the hospice and palliative caregivers do on behalf of people across West Virginia.” . “As

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

I do think the growth of for-profit hospice, so around 2000 to 2010, was beneficial in terms of access. I think in that way, what we see with more than half of Medicare beneficiaries dying under the care of a hospice, that expansion was potentially a good thing. Alex: Can I ask a question? What motivated you? Lauren: Yeah.

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Home Care Pulse

AUGUST 11, 2022

We need to change the paradigm a little bit and learn from how our partners on the Medicare side of the fence handle scheduling. “We have to question everything if we are going to meet the needs of the future,” Matt Kroll, President of Assistive Care Services at BAYADA explains. “We

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

Hospice takes care of people with life-threatening illnesses that are no longer wanting treatment. Medicare doesn’t hurt palliative care services. We look for creative ways, but hospice has its own reimbursement source through Medicare. And hospice has evolved in those, what, 50 years.

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