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
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.
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Hospice News
MARCH 27, 2023
“Based on these results, we find that institutionalized beneficiaries were less likely to receive SIA services, and even among those that did, received shorter visits,” Christian and Plotzke indicated 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
Last year and early 2023 has brought the launch of palliative care programs at organizations such as Florida-based Big Bend Hospice and Virginia-based Blue Ridge Hospice , among others. That’s a different payer mix. It also raises the bar on collaboration with geriatric populations.” “This is something where the field continues to evolve.
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. And it’s not only the social needs, there’s a stage of life difference, at least between Medicare patients and Medicaid patients. It’s a lot of complex needs.”
HPNA podcast
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
This episode of Palliative Perspective introduces Sarah Potter, the Health Policy Specialist for the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. This episode speaks on why it is so important for members to share their stories and help advocate for the population palliative and hospice healthcare providers serve.
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