Hospice News
DECEMBER 5, 2022
In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Dr. Khai Nguyen , National Medical Director, Geriatrician for CHAP, to talk about the age-friendly care movement. It has also helped me serve our partners in this space as a National Medical Director for CHAP. This article is sponsored by CHAP.
Hospice News
JUNE 15, 2023
After more than a decade working in hospice leadership, Alli Collins came across something she had never seen before — a financially viable, all-volunteer provider that is not Medicare-certified. I am the new executive director for Hospice and Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley. She never instituted a Medicare provider number.
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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.)
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Around this time last year, the company also began contracting directly with Medicare Advantage payers, beginning with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee. That model is a mix of in-person and virtual visits, nurse practitioners, RNs, social workers and community health workers,” Baumgardner said at the NHPCO conference. “I
Hospice News
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Since at least 2022, Contessa has been pursuing palliative care reimbursement through Medicare Advantage. Earlier this year, the Amedisys subsidiary entered into its first full-risk Medicare Advantage contract to include palliative care with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee.
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. Carl Derrick as medical director.
Hospice News
JUNE 29, 2023
Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care. These are usually chaplains or social workers providing bereavement services, and some hospices also have clinical psychologists or therapists as part of that team. There’s no guideline in place for fulfilling this Medicare requirement in an economically feasible way.”
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