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GAO Calls on CMS to Assess Telehealth Quality, Develop Billing Codes

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“Medicare hasn’t comprehensively assessed the quality of care patients received, and lacks data on telehealth services delivered in patients’ homes or via phone,” GAO indicated in a recent report. Now, stakeholders are looking at what should be done in the long term. congressional leaders to amplify that request.

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Payers to Hospices: Don’t Wait to Start Working with MA Plans

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Originally slated to end in 2024, CMS recently extended the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) to 2023. Examples include improving hospice access and increasing lengths of stay, which ultimately contributes to a lower cost of care — a high priority among payers.

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Top 5 Strategies You Need To Survive Hospice Nursing

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Please read full disclosur e for more information. Whether you’ve been a nurse for one day or 20 years, there are 5 strategies you need to survive hospice nursing. It’s not unusual for hospice nurses to say that it’s their calling. Before we begin, I want to say that hospice is not for everyone.