Hospice News

JULY 8, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) has launched the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) payment model with close to 400 participating organizations, including many palliative care providers. The CMS Innovation Center announced the GUIDE demonstration in July 2023. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Hospice News

JUNE 27, 2022

Social and economic factors like these drive 40% of health outcomes, according to the Better Medicare Alliance. Health care providers, payers, and other stakeholders are increasingly paying more attention to both social determinants and palliative care, including Medicare and Medicaid. Case in point, the U.S.

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JULY 13, 2022

bump in Medicare payments, which they say is insufficient in light of COVID-19 and staffing headwinds. These time lags are typical for the agency’s reimbursement decisions, but the conditions that hospices have endured since early 2020 have been anything but normal. Congress should urge [the U.S.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is developing new reimbursement pathways for palliative care. As part of that process, CMMI is applying elements of its Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) demonstration, which ended Dec. Initially slated to complete in 2020, CMS extended the program until December 2021.

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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

MAY 16, 2022

Many are unaccustomed to working with private payers as their core business is reimbursed almost entirely through the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Palliative care made its first strides into the value-based care arena in 2020 when the U.S. Palliative care packs a small but meaningful punch in the value-based payment arena. .

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

A main barrier to palliative care growth in the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in is a lack of understanding of these services among beneficiaries, as well as inconsistent service delivery. can define it, according to a 2020 study from the Journal of General Internal Medicine. When the U.S.

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2024

Given the crucial role that caregivers play in families, their well-being is central to palliative care, and providers need to assist these caregivers by developing sustainable models of support for them. In the United States, more than 40 million adults provide palliative care for family members.

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Hospice News

JUNE 5, 2023

Payment, workforce pressures Reimbursement paths for palliative care can primarily be found in Medicare Part B for physician services, and also through supplemental benefits included in Medicare Advantage (MA). To a date, the nation’s health care reimbursement system lacks a federally established palliative care benefit.

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Hospice News

APRIL 17, 2023

This is up from 1,700 patients in three states in 2020. As the demand for palliative care continues to grow, so too has the way businesses have bolstered their programs to better serve patients. Hospice News spoke with three palliative care providers that have risen to these challenges. Enter UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH).

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2022

While many ACOs have implemented systems to identify high-needs patients, few have figured out the right mix of specific care strategies to manage their care and meet their needs, according to 2020 research published in Health Affairs. . This includes reducing preventable hospitalizations and emergency department visits.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Work also began to slow when COVID struck in 2020, and the council’s plans for quarterly meetings fell to twice a year. “We Stretching back more than a decade, a rising number of states have passed laws designed to raise awareness of hospice and palliative care, but to date, few if any have achieved measurable results.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 25, 2024

National hospice utilization rates have fallen since 2020, though the total number of patients served remains consistent. This utilization rate is similar to what was seen in calendar year 2020. million Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in hospice care for one day or more, compared to 1.72 About 47.3% About 47.3% In 2021, 1.71

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Amedisys began receiving calls from suitors as far back as 2020, including UnitedHealth Group. The term “true risk” refers to the reimbursement models that are prevalent in Medicare Advantage (MA) — a per-member, per-month payment married with cost savings through reductions in institutional care.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

That’s up from 1,700 patients in three states as of January 2020. Prospero Health has leveraged education and responsiveness to grow its palliative care business. The Tennessee-based home-based care company provides interdisciplinary services to 30,000 seniors with complex health needs in 28 states.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 10, 2022

At a federal level, the Children’s Program of All-Inclusive Coordinated Care (ChiPACC) Act was introduced in Congress in 2020. Massachusetts legislators recently allocated more than $8.7 million in the state’s 2023 fiscal year budget to support pediatric palliative care access. Massachusetts State Sen. Last year the state appropriated $6.5

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Oncology practices have increasingly collaborated with palliative care providers — or built their own service lines — to better support cancer patients throughout their health care journeys. Integrating palliative care deeper into oncology practices “empowers” these providers to improve utilization and quality, she indicated. An estimated 1.9

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Hospice News

JULY 30, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled its final 2025 hospice rule, which includes a 2.9% The capitated amount was finalized in the FY 2020 final hospice rule, which prevents a geographic area’s wage index from falling below 95% of its wage index calculated in the prior fiscal year.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

New Day launched in 2020 by a group of former hospice and home health professionals. Hospice utilization among Medicare decedents reached 47.79% in Missouri during 2022, with rates reaching 52.23% in Texas that year, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. Seniors 65 and older represent 18.4% of Texas’, according to the U.S.

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on continuing evidence of hospice fraud and quality issues. Recent evidence indicates that more of these providers are being enrolled in Medicare despite CMS’ efforts to date on curbing fraud and abuse. Members of Congress are demanding answers from the U.S. Yesterday, the U.S.

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Hospice News

APRIL 29, 2022

The Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in has been the focus of much attention among providers, and many are watching closely for the demonstration’s outcomes. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the MCCM in 2016 to explore the idea of allowing hospice patients to receive concurrent curative care.

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Hospice News

JULY 17, 2024

Alivia Care emerged in 2020 when Community Hospice & Palliative Care, now an affiliate, formed a larger company with a broader range of services. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), according to Ponder-Stansel. We see more special needs plans, ACOs and Medicare shared savings programs at the provider levels.

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Hospice News

JULY 28, 2022

Largely due to COVID-related disruption, this marks Amedisys’ first quarter of ADC growth since the third quarter of 2020. Hot on the heels of forming four palliative care-focused joint ventures, Contessa Health has several more in the works during the remainder of 2022. Contessa is a subsidiary of Amedisys, Inc.

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Hospice News

APRIL 28, 2022

Sinai partnership marks Contessa’s first risk-based palliative care contract, which is reimbursed through Medicare Advantage. Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) subsidiary Contessa Health is seeing strong patient engagement for its expanded home-based palliative care program, which the company launched in January in partnership with Mt.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its fifth and final report on the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM), which studied the effects of allowing individuals to receive hospice care without foregoing other treatments. Initially slated to complete in 2020, CMS later extended it until December 2021. “We

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Hospice News

JULY 15, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)], have an interest in making sure that we are supporting patients and families in the very last days of life and measuring that. With the waiver program that came in November 2020, we’ve actually worked with Baylor Scott and White and Contessa on a hospital-at-home program. .

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Hospice News

MAY 8, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), they would not be able to recertify via telehealth. Also, clinicians who are not enrolled in Medicare or who validly opted out would likewise be prohibited. It also includes some exceptions. If a hospice is undergoing a period of enhanced oversight by the U.S. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

On the research end of things, the International Neuropalliative Care Society (INPCS) was founded in 2020 to help address these challenges and to bring attention to the specialty. Medicare covers most expenses related to palliative care, but as with other health care services, reimbursement remains low.

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Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2023

Increasingly, both policymakers and providers are seeing potential opportunities to reform the Medicare Hospice Benefit, including the prospect of concurrent care. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). A lot has happened since the [Medicare Hospice Benefit] was first initiated. trillion , according to the U.S.

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Hospice News

JULY 31, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled a new payment model demonstration geared toward dementia-related illnesses, which are becoming more prevalent among hospice patients. Patients who have elected the Medicare Hospice Benefit are not eligible for the program.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

trillion in 2021, according to a new analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). seen in 2020, with the slowdown largely attributed to reduced spending on COVID-19 support, including Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and the Provider Relief Fund (PRF). “The to reach $4.3

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2023

New York’s hospice utilization rate was the lowest in the nation in 2020 at 24% among Medicare decedents, the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) reported. Generally, more patients receive hospice in New York than in Utah, but they represent a smaller percentage of the total number of Medicare decedents.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 6, 2024

The nonprofit senior care provider Empath Health is partnering with the Medicare Advantage organization American Health Plans (AHP), a division of American Health Partners to serve patients who are enrolled in Institutional Special Needs Plans (ISNP).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Lumicare Hospice received its Medicare certification in 2020, according to National Hospice Locator data. among Medicare decedents in 2020, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) reported. The hospice provider serves predominantly urban populations in Houston, Phoenix and Denver.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As hospices prepare for Medicare Advantage, more nonprofits are finding that creating partnerships or entering affiliations will better position themselves for payer negotiations. Under VBID, the Medicare Advantage carve-in and Accountable Care Organizations, the list is quite different.” Originally slated to end next year, the U.S.

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Hospice News

JULY 14, 2023

She then served as associate vice president of health equity and access at AccentCare following Seasons’ merger with the company in 2020, before moving on to her current role at Empassion Health. Health equity became a large focus for McCann-Davis early on in her career. What led you to the field of hospice and palliative care?

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Lawmakers have an essential role in ensuring the viability of the Medicare Hospice Benefit, according to Davis Baird, director for government affairs for hospice at the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC). So, having those conversations about what those improvements would be is going to be an important exercise in 2024.”

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