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MedPAC to Congress: Freeze Hospice Rates in 2025

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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has recommended to Congress a freeze on hospice payment increases starting in 2025. The 2021 aggregated Medicare hospice margin was 13.3%, according to MedPAC. Close to 5,900 hospices operated in the United States during 2002. Of those, 1,169 were nonprofits, a 1.4%

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Dementia Patients Less Likely Than Others to Receive Hospice Care

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The Medicare Hospice Benefit initially was designed around the needs of cancer patients, but now the number of patients with other diagnoses is growing — some with less predictable disease patterns. of hospice enrollees in 2019, up from 9% in 2002, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

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He first joined that company as its executive vice president of clinical services and CMO in 2002 while holding a similar role at Hospice of the Piedmont from 2019 to 2020. Muir was previously chief innovation officer at Capital Caring Health.

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Trinity Health at Home Acquires Above & Beyond Home Health Care and Hospice

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Iowa in 2018 ranked seventh for hospice utilization among Medicare decedents at 56.2%, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. The organization underwent a rebranding process between 1997 and 2002 as its service line evolved to include home health and hospice. Utah held the highest rate that year at 60.5%.

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In Memoriam: Jimmy Carter Helped Build the Hospice Community

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During his tenure as president, Carter was essential to the establishment of the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services demonstration project to test the model, leading to passage of a law establishing the benefit during the subsequent Reagan presidency. His administration launched the U.S.

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                                                                                                              The High Costs of Limited Hospice Access for Dementia Patients 

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During the past decade, Medicare beneficiaries with dementia who utilized hospice had lower overall health care costs than those who did not, according to the Health Affairs study. are increasingly concerned that greater use of the Medicare hospice benefit by people with dementia is driving up costs,” researchers wrote in the study.

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For-Profit or Nonprofit, Hospice Is Not a ‘Hustle’

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When the Medicare Hospice Benefit became a permanent program in 1982, its parameters were designed specifically for cancer patients. of hospice enrollees in 2019, up from 9% in 2002, according to NHPCO. Longer lengths of stay do generate higher margins , the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reported in 2019.

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