Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Improving Access to Advance Care Planning Act to the Senate designed to promote greater access to those services among Medicare beneficiaries. One potential concern about the bill would be the additional cost to Medicare through removal of the co-pays. Warner (D-Va.) Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.).

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AUGUST 26, 2022

Medicare reimbursement is the lifeblood of hospice providers, and a clear understanding of policies like budget neutrality can help elucidate the payment systems that keep their businesses running. But a similar move within the Medicare Hospice Benefit is unlikely.

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Hospice News

JUNE 24, 2022

We did raise that concern, and they proposed a mechanism for dealing with it,” Harold Miller, president and CEO of the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, said at a public HHS meeting in 2018. The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) in 2017 proposed that the U.S.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The company is a value-based organization that partners with primary care physicians nationwide to jointly take on the total cost and quality of care for their senior patients through Medicare Advantage or the the U.S. agilon health CMO Dr. We can bring powerful data and care pathways. We do it through our partners. They stay involved.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Only 10 new Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will offer home-based palliative care as a primarily health-related benefit for 2023, but payers may be offering those services through other programs. Among Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits, in-home support services and caregiver support saw the most year-over-year growth for 2023.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Among the applicants to join the council was Barbara Hansen, CEO of the Oregon Hospice & Palliative Care Association, who became a member in 2018. The reasons for this run the gamut. During the past two years, for instance, state governments and health care organizations have been almost unavoidably focused on the COVID-pandemic.

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Hospice News

MAY 4, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has reimbursed palliative care through a fee-for-service model that only covers physician and licensed independent practitioner services, rather than the full range of interdisciplinary care. The United States lacks a robust reimbursement system for palliative care. Historically, the U.S.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 10, 2022

million allocated in the state’s budget during 2018. Massachusetts legislators recently allocated more than $8.7 million in the state’s 2023 fiscal year budget to support pediatric palliative care access. The funding is intended to support expanded palliative care services for seriously and terminally ill children amid rising demand.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) star ratings system for hospice quality may have unintended consequences for small providers. Nearly 54% Medicare decedents received hospice care for 30 days or less in 2018, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2024

Roughly 82% of Medicare decedents in 2018 were Caucasian, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. The issues identified in the report exist across the country. Access to hospice and palliative care is perceived as lacking. Some patients with serious illnesses didn’t get enough help with managing their pain.

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Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2024

These were the driving factors that fueled HPCMV to seek out Medicare certification after nearly four decades of thriving on philanthropic support, according to Stauffer Wozniak. Can you elaborate on what led to the Medicare certification process nearly 40 years after the organization’s establishment and some of the nuances involved?

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As the need for palliation grows, outcomes and experiences vastly vary – with payment often at the crux of inconsistencies in quality and care delivery approaches. The topics range from unmet staff and patient needs, financial and operational headwinds and research fueling innovative care delivery approaches.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2022

Vice-chair Nandini Natrajan will succeed him as leader of the board, which Heath joined in 2018. One is how can we continue to diversify our services and help more people in more ways — and second, looking at how we can reduce our dependence on Medicare reimbursement. We have really focused on education and advocacy.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 11, 2023

Increasingly, Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have found real value in offering community-based palliative care as a supplemental benefit. Since 2018, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has allowed MA health plans to cover supplemental benefits for eligible patients. In January 2023, 30.19 million of the 59.82

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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. The program will accept two fellows annually. subsidiary (NYSE: CHE) VITAS Healthcare. Utah held the highest rate at 60.5%

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Hospice News

JULY 5, 2022

Iowa ranked seventh nationwide in hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in 2018, with 56.2% Iowa-based Hospice of Washington County is rebuilding and relocating its administrative offices, which also houses the provider’s palliative care clinic. By 2030, seniors are projected to make up more than a quarter or 26.9%

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Hospice News

MAY 18, 2023

Overall African Americans, Asians and Hispanics combined made up less than 20% of all Medicare hospice patients in 2018, while Caucasians represented the remaining 80%, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) reported. Mertz Photography Mertz Photography Atonia Garret at the 2023 Palliative Care Conference.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Private equity transactions represented half of all home health and hospice deals in 2018 and 2019, resulting in a 300% increase in patients enrolled under PE-backed providers, according to research published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Care Compare site.

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2025 proposed hospice rule contained requests for information (RFIs) that could signal changes in the agency’s thinking on key issues. Through RFIs, CMS tries to take the pulse of providers’ positions on certain questions that could impact the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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Hospice News

JULY 18, 2022

of Medicare decedents in 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. When it comes to communication and quality of care for Black patients, recent data reinforces the notion that hospices have room to grow. Hospice utilization among diverse populations is sorely lacking.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2022

The analysis also took into account the ratio of Medicare-certified health care providers to eligible patients, as well as probate processes. The analysis cited data for each metric ranging from 2018 to early 2022, depending on the individual indicator. For deaths at home, for example, the report included numbers from 2018 to 2021.

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

The Sunshine State in 2018 ranked third nationwide for hospice utilization at 57.9% among Medicare decedents, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. The compassionate palliative care services that are available to the Melbourne community are so greatly appreciated,” Gicca said in an announcement. “We

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Hospice News

JUNE 30, 2022

Patients have already begun receiving care through EdenHospice, which is currently awaiting Medicare certification. Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Texas reached 52.1% in 2018, rising above the national average of 50.3% that year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

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Hospice News

MARCH 15, 2024

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has recommended to Congress a freeze on hospice payment increases starting in 2025. The 2021 aggregated Medicare hospice margin was 13.3%, according to MedPAC. decline from 2018. More than 49% of Medicare decedents enrolled in hospice care during 2022, up from 47.3%

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Hospice News

JUNE 15, 2022

This is prompting calls for Medicare to reconsider proposed 2023 reimbursement rates. . Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reassess the 2.7% Medicare covers close to 90% of hospice organizations’ patient care revenue. The agency’s methodology used 2018 data.

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Hospice News

APRIL 22, 2022

The research spanned two studies that examined the occurrence of end-of-life care referrals during 2018 among 28,697 hospitalized patients diagnosed with metastatic cancer in the Garden State. Roughly 82% of Medicare decedents in 2018 were Caucasian, according to NHPCO. were Hispanic; 1.8% were Asian; and only 0.4%

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), asking for the agency to brief them on fraud and abuse within the hospice benefit. Arizona had 239 new Medicare-certified hospices appear between 2018 and 2022, representing 52% of all providers in the state. Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) review and appeals process, according to CEO Greg Hagfors. The provider recently celebrated the 45th anniversary of its founding, which preceded the establishment of the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) due to audit-related claims denials.

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2023

” LifeTouch has been struggling financially for several years and has operated in the red since 2018. The agency has reported net income ranging between $517,000 in 2018 and more than $1.3 The organization finished 2017 with a net income of slightly more than $107,000. But the following year, it reported a more than $1.5

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

Most students in clinical disciplines do not feel prepared to provide family care at the end of life, according to a 2018 study. Most students in clinical disciplines do not feel prepared to provide family care at the end of life, according to a 2018 study. This tracks with available data. Resurrecting PCHETA.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Many hospice providers rely on Medicare Advantage (MA) reimbursement to support palliative care, PACE and social determinants programs, among others. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) laid out its policy for validating MA plans’ risk adjustment data, which the agency uses to calculate capitation rates.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 16, 2022

The company received its Medicare certification in 2013. “We in California in 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). that year reported by Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Hospice utilization reached 46.1% This trailed behind the national average of 50.3%

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Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2023

” Arizona had 239 new Medicare-certified hospices appear between 2018 and 2022, representing 52% of all providers in the state. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to address this issue, providing 34 recommendations. “There are people who are running hospitals programs that are only theoretical.

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Hospice News

APRIL 28, 2022

” Hospice of the Chesapeake has cared for patients since 1979, prior to establishment of the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents in Maryland reached 47.6% in 2018, just under the national average of 50.3%, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization. “We

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Initially established in 2008 as a rehabilitation service provider, Choice expanded into home health during 2012 and later into hospice in 2018. More than 58% of Medicare descendants in Arizona elected hospice during 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. By 2050, nearly 2.5

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure. Arizona had 239 new Medicare-certified hospices appear between 2018 and 2022, representing 52% of all providers in the state. This includes Arizona, Nevada and Texas.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 30, 2022

among Medicare decedents in 2018, which is in line with that year’s national average, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). in 2018, the sixth-highest in the nation that year, according to NHPCO. In 2018, the holding company formed a new health care investment arm, Graham Healthcare Capital.

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