Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2023

Smith said Prospero’s global measure of success is providing more days for patients at home, rather than keeping them in hospitals, nursing homes or rehab facilities. As the demand for palliative care continues to grow, so too has the way businesses have bolstered their programs to better serve patients. Enter UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH).

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Hospice News

MARCH 29, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a 2.6% billion in annual savings for Medicare, which underscores the critical importance of investing in hospice to ensure continued beneficiary access to quality end-of-life care.” Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5 In a proposed rule released yesterday, the U.S.

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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

MAY 1, 2023

Traditional Medicare only covers physician consults and doesn’t support the full range of interdisciplinary care. Two emerging pathways to payment include supplemental benefits within Medicare Advantage and relationships with Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Cancer patients can benefit from the interdisciplinary support of a palliative care team, but a main barrier to access is that oncology clinicians often lack insight around these services, according to Dr. Julie Gralow, chief medical officer and executive vice president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). An estimated 1.9

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I have done everything from bedside nursing to administration, and my last eight years at the agency level were spent as a quality assurance coordinator. Hospice would likely change from the Medical Director-led IDT team with standard COPS, to a landscape of payer-source-driven rules for each patient.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Because if I leave you on that heart medicine, that cost anywhere from $1,000 a month up to $20,000 a month, depending on which brand of medication it is,” a hospice nurse speaking on condition of anonymity told Hospice News. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gave hospices a 3.1% Everything is based on cost.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Daniel Schwartz, Chief Strategy Officer at Elara Caring, Devin Woodley, VP of Managed Care Contracting and B2B Sales at VNS Health, Gavin Baumgardner, VP and National Medical Director for Complex and Palliative care at Amedisys, and Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart.

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Hospice News

JUNE 14, 2023

Meanwhile, Medicare hospice spending is expected to more than double by 2032. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary also project that health care expenditures will represent 19.6% However, the annual Medicare Trustees Report for 2023 provides a more detailed look at hospice spending.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

He went on to become the organization’s medical director. “ He went on to become the organization’s medical director. “ John Mulder, chief consultant for hospice and palliative care medicine for Michigan’s Faith Hospice, was drawn to the field after witnessing his father’s difficult end-of-life experience.

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Hospice News

MARCH 25, 2024

The company was established in concert with his wife, Janet Seebert, director of nursing at Stoneridge Hospice, and his niece, Patti Bratzel, a registered nurse who became co-owner, and executive director. My wife was a nurse in emergency medicine for several years, and my niece was a long-time hospice nurse.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

Hospice and palliative care need greater recognition among disciplines across the board, beyond medicine and nursing, according to Eunju Lee, palliative care social worker at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Hospice] has to become a part of the education of medical students, nursing and social workers at large,” Lee told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2023

As with nursing, the industry-wide labor shortage has impacted bereavement care, which is an underfunded service, according to Dr. Dawn Gross, palliative care physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health. Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The Improving Access to Advance Care Planning Act would expand utilization of these services by removing Medicare payment barriers faced by both providers and patients. The bill proposes to “wave,” or remove, Medicare beneficiary cost-sharing for advance care planning services. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Mark Warner (D-Va.)

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Many people living with serious medical illnesses also suffer from comorbid behavioral health issues,” the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) indicated in a 2020 report. Last year VNA Health Group enhanced its dementia care training programs for social work and nursing staff, with an emphasis on its home health patients.

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Hospice News

MARCH 24, 2023

according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. We’re not going to take the place obviously of a medical director or a certified hospice nurse, but we are going to give them another tool to question their thinking and make sure that what needs to be documented is being documented.”

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Dr. Dustin Dillon, medical director of palliative care services at Pallitus, said it was important for the palliative care provider to stand on its own. The majority of these patients are greater than the age of 65 with multiple medical conditions. “We do that through expert symptom management,” Dillon said.We

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Contributing to these declines were constraints on clinical capacity stemming from the labor shortage, as well as some instances of lower reimbursement for its home health services due to the shift of more patients towards Medicare Advantage, executives said in an earnings call. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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High Peaks Hospice

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

That year Medicare determined that dying was no longer a diagnosis that warranted a hospital admission. In 1982 Medicare authorized reimbursement for hospice care. Dr. Merkel engaged with his partner Dr. Robert Kasulke to spear head the medical care. Dr. David Merkel served as Medical Director of Hospice until his death in 2012.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. The person didn’t believe in the medications.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

She’s a hospice and palliative care nurse practitioner and Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at UCSF. We also have Joe Shega, who is a hospice physician, and he is a Chief Medical Officer and Vice President at VITAS Healthcare. How many patients is my hospice nurse case manager responsible for on any given day?

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.”

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

Advocate for the CONNECT for Health Act, which would permanently expand access to telehealth for Medicare beneficiaries: [link] Much more on this podcast, including puzzling out who the characters in Space Oddity by David Bowie might represent in an extended analogy to telehealth. Joe, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Joe: Great to be here.

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Hospice of the North Coast

AUGUST 25, 2023

The hospice care team comprises medical experts, social workers, chaplains, and volunteers who collectively address the needs of patients and their families. Hospice services are adaptable, available either at home or specialized facilities, and can be funded through various means, including Medicare/Medicaid and private insurance.

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Shining Light Hospice

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The majority of hospice care in the US is covered by Medicare, the federal health insurance program. Medicare will cover: Medical and nursing services. Medical equipment like wheelchairs, walkers, or hospital beds. Prescription drugs for symptom control and pain relief (but not treatment of the disease).

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Seasons Hospice

MARCH 23, 2021

Here is a breakdown of our teams at Seasons Hospice: Medical directors oversee your loved one’s care at Seasons, ensuring they receive care tailored to their needs. Resident nurses (RN) administer medical services depending on your loved one’s needs. ” Don’t worry; you’re not alone.

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Pallimed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

This unexpectedly and undesirably increased health insurers’ medication costs, including Medicare and Medicaid (22). About the Authors: Lead author, Chad Kollas, serves as the Medical Director for Palliative and Supportive Care at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute in Orlando, FL. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando.

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