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NAHC President Bill Dombi: History Repeating Itself on Hospice Program Integrity

Hospice News

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) this year introduced a number of new regulations, many of which were modeled after some in place for home health agencies and skilled nursing facilities. Back in the 1990s, the microscope ended up focusing on the Medicare Home Health Program.

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

Hospice News

Hospices seeking to gauge the potential impact of new regulatory actions in the space can look to their counterparts in the home health field. CMS is no doubt hoping for similar results for the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Their recommendations included a temporary moratorium on new hospices enrolling in Medicare.

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Despite Headwinds, Aveanna Still Sees Big Upside to Its Home Health and Hospice Business

Hospice News

(NASDAQ: AVAH) was a company mostly focused on in-home care to pediatric populations. When the Atlanta-based provider filed to go public in April 2021, however, it revealed ambitious plans to expand into the arenas of Medicare-certified home health and hospice care. “We million, a 6.5%

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Future Leader: Drake Jarman, SVP of Growth, Hospice, Amedisys

Hospice News

Their frontline experience provides invaluable insights into patient care, workflow efficiency and the overall functioning of our healthcare system. A notable challenge, however, pertains to the adoption of the value-based insurance design (VBID) [demonstration] by [Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs)].

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Hospice News ELEVATE : Fireside Chat with Netsmart

Hospice News

HSPN: Can you talk a little bit about what kind of disruption could occur in the hospice industry, as a result of Medicare Advantage? Warren: I know many of you in the audience have home health organizations, you see the challenges that home health organizations face, from an M&A disruption. Are you not?

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Ep.6: How to Build the Right Environment for Client Referral Growth

Home Care Pulse

And I entered home health pretty quickly as a young therapist and realized, oh my gosh, what a magnificent line of service that was really as best kept secret in the Medicare world. And I also realized that, well, as a therapist, I could impact one patient’s life or one family’s life at a time.

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Ep.17: How Home Care Agencies Can Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Home Care Pulse

Michelle Cone ( 03:28 ): So, you know, at its most basic level, it really allows home care agencies to monitor and promote the quality of care that they provide to their clients with actual quantitative data. Now, for those of us in home care, you know, we know original Medicare is not a payer for us.