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

Hospice News

It might make them even fearful about hospice care, which is the last thing we want to see happen. At the same time, [CMS’] implementation misses likely lots of truly poor performing hospices that should be called out and addressed.” Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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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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CMS Unresponsive to Congressional SFP Concerns

Hospice News

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. The SFP program was developed 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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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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Leadership Transitions at 4 Hospice Providers

Hospice News

The leadership team is solid, the team is experienced and has a culture of compassion, caring and innovation. Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care, established in 1983, rebranded as Helios Care in 2019. Helios Care now serves three counties in New York.

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Preventing Adverse Drug Events in Hospice Care

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Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) can have an impact on mortality and morbidity among seriously ill patients, according to researchers of a 2019 study published in the Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. Identification of risk factors for ADRs may prevent occurrences in the complex palliative care patient.”

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Hospice CARES Act Would Update Medical Reviews, Seek to Reduce Audits

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The forthcoming Hospice Care Accountability, Reform and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act from U.S. Blumenauer announced the bill in June at the Hospice News Elevate conference in Washington D.C. 1, 2019 and Dec. Oftentimes, they live longer,” Blumenauer said at Elevate. House of Representatives.