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CMS Names First Hospice Special Focus Program Cohort, Delays List of Future Candidates

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We are not publishing the candidate list at this time, but we are sharing the underlying data used to create both lists to allow for external review, thereby ensuring transparency in the process by which low-performing hospices are identified, the agency indicated on its website. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Dr. Steven Landers: Hospice SFP Could Spread Misinformation About Quality

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1, 2025, could potentially lead patients away from quality providers and into the arms of bad actors in the space, according to Dr. Steven Landers, newly appointed CEO of the National Alliance for Care at Home. It might make them even fearful about hospice care, which is the last thing we want to see happen.

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Reps. Van Duyne, Panetta Introduce Bill to Reform Hospice Special Focus Program

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Congress mandated the SFP in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 , which contained language from the Helping Our Senior Population in Comfort Environments (HOSPICE) Act. This was in response to July 2019 reports on hospice quality from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in the U.S.

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Hospice Researchers Seek to Untangle Possible Relationships Between Tax Status and Outcomes

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For-profit business and operational infrastructures can differ from nonprofit hospices, which have historically represented much of the providers in the industry. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Care Compare site. The study linked for-profit hospice care to risks of lower quality, according to researcher Dr. R.

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Hospice Oversight: 2024’s Most Impactful Regulatory Actions

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The past year has seen a slew of regulatory developments aimed at improving quality and combatting fraud in the hospice industry. The first was two July 2019 reports on hospice quality from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in the U.S. Steven Landers, newly appointed CEO of the National Alliance for Care at Home. “We

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New Research Shows Hospice Care Reduces Medicare Costs

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For Immediate Release March 22, 2023 New Research Shows Hospice Care Reduces Medicare Costs Hospice Care Contributed to $3.5 billion in savings for Medicare in 2019, while providing multiple benefits to patients, families, and caregivers. That’s what hospice has done for more than 40 years.

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2024 NHPCO Facts and Figures Report Now Available

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Facts and Figures – the leading resource for hospice providers and others interested in understanding the work of the community – has been published annually for over two decades by NHPCO. This year COVID-19 continued to impact patient care as COVID-19 waivers were still in place through May 2023. With 49.1%

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