2019 Medical director Medicare Palliative care 
Hospice News
JANUARY 30, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gave hospices a 3.1% Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gave hospices a 3.1% In public comments on the proposed 2024 payment rule, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) estimated that a total 6.5%
Hospice News
DECEMBER 22, 2022
In 2019, the organization had just 200 members. Death doulas can help facilitate conversations regarding the dying process, discussing advance care planning, hospice election and advocate for the patient’s wishes in their final days. Palliative Care Providers Hitting Walls in Value-Based Reimbursement.
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Hospice News
MAY 22, 2023
Though older Asian-American adults may be less likely to discuss pain and symptom management needs with their health care professionals, they may be more receptive to the psychosocial support included in hospice and palliative care, according to recent research from VITAS’ Healthcare. between 2010 and 2019.
Hospice News
MARCH 24, 2023
A rising number of providers are applying these systems to identify hospice-eligible patients more quickly, as well as those in need of palliative care. The technology has the potential to drive change throughout the health care system, according to a 2020 report from Milliman. What other programs can we help you find for them?
Hospice News
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Contributing to these declines were constraints on clinical capacity stemming from the labor shortage, as well as some instances of lower reimbursement for its home health services due to the shift of more patients towards Medicare Advantage, executives said in an earnings call. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Pallimed
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
This unexpectedly and undesirably increased health insurers’ medication costs, including Medicare and Medicaid (22). In response, the American Medical Association (AMA) called against widespread misapplication of the 2016 Guideline, including its embrace of hard dosing thresholds (1, 43).
Hospice News
JUNE 1, 2022
In enacted, the recently reintroduced Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA) could make a dent in the recruitment barriers that hospices keep hitting. A late referral often means that the patient will not receive the full benefits of hospice care. This tracks with available data.
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