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Hospices Leaders: ‘Vigilant’ Compliance Pivotal in MAC Auditing Climate

Hospice News

The auditing environment has heated up in the hospice industry, with inconsistencies reportedly proliferating among the various types of regulatory enforcement activity — particularly those performed by Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs). The issue has some hospice providers delving deeper into a range of compliance strategies.

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Managing the Hospice Payment Cap by Balancing Length of Stay

Hospice News

Careful management of the hospice aggregate cap is key to providers’ sustainability as regulatory scrutiny continues to heat up. The cap is designed to prevent overuse of hospice, put controls on Medicare spending and foster greater access to care among patients. For Fiscal Year 2024, the U.S. In addition, the U.S.

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Hospices’ Collaboration with Discharge Planners Key to Effective Care Transitions

Hospice News

Collaboration with hospital discharge planners can help hospices ensure smoother care transitions and timely referrals. Securing timely referrals for eligible patients remains a challenge because many hospice patients receive care for only a few days prior to death. So, it’s all about communication.”

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What New Allegations that HCA Healthcare Pressured Patients Mean for Hospices

Hospice News

Recent allegations that staff at HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA) put pressure on patients to enter hospice dovetail with longstanding questions over how and when patients should be referred. SEIU benchmarked HCA’s hospice transfer rates against national data. It’s hard to say that you have proof. This looks really questionable.”

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Addus Projects ‘Strong, Steady’ Hospice Growth Amid Lingering Pandemic Census Headwinds

Hospice News

NASDAQ: ADUS) saw hospice growth in 2023, despite lingering pandemic-related challenges around daily census. The company anticipates growth in its personal care business in 2024, which will have a reverberating impact in its hospice and home health service lines. Addus purchased Illinois-based hospice provider JourneyCare Inc.

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I think therefore I am? – Hospice Discharges

Palliverse

Photo by Katrina Beachy on Unsplash Discharge from a hospice is a good thing. If we discharge you from our service maybe we should hand out a commemorative t-shirt or a baseball cap. “I I survived hospice!” It doesn’t happen often. Most people die under our care.

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RCT of Default Inpatient PC Consults: Kate Courtright & Scott Halpern

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And you had higher rates of hospice discharges, higher rates of DNR orders. And we can say that getting palliative care does not change your odds of dying in the hospital, which is important to a lot of people, and yet it does increase the odds that you’re going to be discharged to hospice care. Eric: Okay.