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Hospice News
AUGUST 17, 2022
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts passed a law to develop its advisory council in 2009. Stretching back more than a decade, a rising number of states have passed laws designed to raise awareness of hospice and palliative care, but to date, few if any have achieved measurable results. The reasons for this run the gamut.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Blumenauer has co-led a number of bipartisan initiatives to improve program integrity within the Medicare Hospice Benefit, often in partnership with Rep. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to delay the hospice Special Focus Program program to revise its algorithm for selecting providers. Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas).
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Hospice News
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Lawmakers have an essential role in ensuring the viability of the Medicare Hospice Benefit, according to Davis Baird, director for government affairs for hospice at the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC). So, having those conversations about what those improvements would be is going to be an important exercise in 2024.”
Hospice News
OCTOBER 6, 2022
The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing launched CAPABLE in 2009 and since then has overseen the program nationally. CAPABLE began with a 2009 pilot at a Johns Hopkins site in Baltimore and since has expanded to more than 40 locations in 21 states. Medicare is thinking about it. Housing agencies are interested in it, and Medicaid.
Hospice News
JULY 6, 2022
The company was established in 2009. Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in West Virginia reached 43.6% Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in West Virginia reached 43.6% Following the deal’s close, the company will continue to operate under the Stonerise brand. This fell below the national average of 50.3%
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Established in 2009, St. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) quality measures such as the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) and the Hospice Item Set (HIS). In 2019 the Minnesota-headquartered hospice provider began utilizing a predictive analytics tool from Medalogix.
Hospice News
JULY 14, 2022
The 10-bed In Touch Hospice facility opened in 2009, seeing declining patient admissions during the past seven years, according to local news. Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Pennsylvania reached 48.4% Hospice patients will now receive inpatient care at the Somerset Hospital and also in the home.
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