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Hospice News
MARCH 26, 2025
Though the numbers are still relatively low, spending on early palliative care rose between 2010 and 2019 for patients with advanced cancers, a recent study found. The increase was associated with earlier palliative care referrals and providers having a hospice and palliative specialist on staff.
Hospice News
AUGUST 17, 2022
Medicare claims for unrelated services creates serious financial and legal risks for hospice providers — even if they are not the ones who sent the bill. During recent years, payouts for non-hospice services provided to Medicare beneficiaries have tipped into the billions. These “unrelated” payments have been soaring.
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Hospice News
MARCH 21, 2024
Members of Congress are raising questions about the continued Medicare certification for new hospices in areas rife with fraud. Though he pledged more detailed responses at a later date, Becerra told lawmakers that CMS is certifying hospices in markets where there is a need identified in the community. “I This prompted the U.S.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. And while hospices offer social workers and spiritual care, many families continue to have unmet needs that could impede some patients’ access to hospice.
Hospice News
JUNE 21, 2024
Anti-kickback and health care fraud cases have recently cropped up in two southern states, with hospice personnel facing millions in fines and one owner facing imprisonment for their involvement. David Lovell, its founder and owner, launched the for-profit hospice in 2010, and the enterprise became Medicare-certified in 2012.
Hospice News
AUGUST 12, 2022
million following reports by hospice employees who cared for their residents. Department of Justice alleged that the Indiana-based company billed Medicare separately for services that should have been covered by the hospice benefit. The hospice workers filed a qui tam complaint against ASC in the U. CMS as of Oct.
Hospice News
JUNE 16, 2023
The mission and function of the Medicare program have evolved over time, and the agency that runs it also may need to adapt to the new ways that health care organizations are doing business, according to SCAN Group CEO Dr. Sachin Jain. billion nonprofit Medicare Advantage (MA) organization that covers more than 270,000 members.
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