Hospice News
APRIL 9, 2024
Reimbursement for community-based palliative care is gaining ground in the Medicare Advantage realm. Palliative care is among the wide range of supplemental benefits that exist within the Medicare Advantage payment landscape. This is a rise from 180 MA plans in 2023 offering palliative services and 64 MA plans in 2020.
Hospice News
MARCH 27, 2023
Hospice providers in facility-based settings may be underutilizing Medicare’s service intensity add-on (SIA). Researchers analyzed 2020 claims data to identify associations between SIA utilization and hospice Medicare beneficiaries’ characteristics such as site of service, level of care and length of stay, among others.
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Hospice News
MAY 19, 2023
Trying to manage care delivery needs while running a palliative care business can be frustrating for leaders and “really throw [them] for a loop” financially, Spragens said, speaking at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) Annual Assembly.
Hospice News
MARCH 23, 2023
On the patient side, Medicare beneficiaries face out-of-pocket costs when advance care planning is performed in any setting outside of an annual wellness visit. the bill proposed to remove Medicare beneficiary cost-sharing while also widening the scope of staff who can bill for these services. Introduced by U.S.
Hospice News
JULY 11, 2023
Stephen Goldfine, chief medical officer at Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice. The New Jersey-based nonprofit offers hospice and palliative care, among other services. Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice launched its palliative care service line in 2007, mainly providing these services in hospital-based settings.
Hospice News
JULY 25, 2023
Data are reshaping the health care space, and hospice is no exception. Hospice providers have needed a window into access and utilization, as well as how lawmakers are shaping policies around health care. Data on CON laws has taken on new significance as regulators zero in on the hospice space.
Hospice News
MAY 24, 2023
Case in point, New Jersey legislators are currently mulling a bill that would create a community-based palliative care benefit within the state’s Medicaid program. . Five states — Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, Washington and Virginia — define palliative care eligibility within their Medicaid hospice programs.
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