Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2022

A third hospice FCA case, involving Molina Healthcare, has also been referred to the Supreme Court over questions of particularity. These cases often hinge on the question of patient eligibility for hospice care based on a six-month terminal prognosis, and typically involve a qui tam complaint.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 18, 2022

“It’s about connecting a community of need to this type of care and delivering a complete, seamless care approach to care for these patients. You can’t do that if you don’t contract and work with someone to provide hospice care. This is the path we took to integrating that.”. About 47.6%

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Hospice News

AUGUST 28, 2024

John Thropay, a former medical director for several hospice companies, to 37 months in prison for his involvement in a $2.8 million hospice fraud scheme. Among the companies for which Thropay worked was Blue Sky Hospice, located in Van Nuys, California. Justice Department.

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NHPCO

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Continued slowdown of hospice caps: The legislation extends the cap calculation methodology implemented by the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014. Patients will also be able to continue to participate in telehealth visits from home. . Press Contact: Madison Summers. Ph: 571-412-3973 .

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1-800-HOSPICE

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

families, time in hospice falls short of recommendations. That means more than half of Americans receive less than three weeks of hospice care. Why do most people receive less time in hospice than recommended? First, let’s consider the importance of a quality length of stay in hospice. Medicare Policies.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

Eric: Whenever I hear about for-profit, non-for-profit, the differences between them, mostly everybody turns to, I think, your 2014 paper looking at the differences between for-profit and non-for-profit. What do we know about the differences between the two types of organizations when we’re thinking about hospice care?

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Vast disparities in hospice utilization exist among some groups and demographics. Combined, Asians, African Americans and Hispanics in 2018 represented only 20% of Medicare hospice patients, while the remaining 80% were Caucasian, according NHPCO. Palliative Care Providers Hitting Walls in Value-Based Reimbursement.

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