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Rural Providers Weigh Telehealth Investment Against Regulatory Uncertainty

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Hospice and palliative care providers have wrangled for decades with obstacles that complicate access to rural patients and make their care more expensive. For starters, rural regions are less likely to have a Medicare-certified hospice than urban counties. Fratkin founded palliative care provider ResolutionCare in 2015.

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Angela Hospice’s New Inpatient Facility; Hosparus Opens PACE Center

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PACE Center, we embark on a new chapter to revolutionize health care accessibility and enhance the quality of life in the communities we serve,” Cook said in an announcement. The personalized care provided by PACE could be the solution many older adults and their families are looking for.

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COVID-19 Public Emergency Likely to Continue, Hospices Remain in the Dark on Regulatory Future

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to remain intact. These include 1135 waivers of certain hospice rules that permitted use of telehealth to fulfill requirements typically done in person, such as recertification by physicians and patient visits. Fratkin founded the home-based palliative care provider in 2015.

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The Ups and Downs of Inpatient Hospice Care: New Facilities Open as Others Close

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The faith-based hospice company received Medicare certification in 2015 and primarily serves an urban region around the Chicago area. This is another level of care that we can provide,” Sade Bello told local news. Baptist Senior Family offers hospice, home care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation and personal care services.

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Why Do Most People Receive Less Time in Hospice than Recommended?

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They were 37% more likely to say they needed more help with personal care. Families who said the hospice referral occurred too late were 119% more likely to express concerns about care coordination. Medicare Policies. Medicare and most other insurances require that people not receive cure-oriented care while in hospice.