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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. in 2017 through 2019 compared to 51% in 2010-2013. A decline occurred with between-provider variation, 45.3%
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Nearly half, or 49.1%, of all Medicare decedents utilized hospice services in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. National hospice utilization rates have hovered around this vicinity for the past decade, with 44% of decedents receiving these services in 2010, the Alliance report found.
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Hospice News
JUNE 3, 2024
The researchers examined Medicare claims data of beneficiaries 65 and older with recent cancer diagnoses who were given a six-month life expectancy prognosis between 2010 and 2019. Patients included those with advanced stage breast, colorectal, non-small cell lung (NSCL), small cell lung (SCL), pancreas and prostate cancer.
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. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Hospice News
DECEMBER 13, 2024
Palliative services that address patients social needs, manage their pain and symptoms and provide caregiver support have increasingly become critical aspects of value-based payment demonstrations coming out of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), she said. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
of the state’s overall population in 2010, a jump from 9.9% of the state’s overall population in 2010, a jump from 9.9% At a rate of 57.9%, Florida ranked fourth nationwide for hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in 2018, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization reported. Nashville-based HCA Healthcare Inc.
Hospice News
MARCH 21, 2024
Members of Congress are raising questions about the continued Medicare certification for new hospices in areas rife with fraud. Investigations have shown that potentially hundreds of newly licensed hospices have bilked Medicare of millions of dollars during the past several years, all while providing egregiously poor care or none at all.
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