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Hospice News’ Top 10 Stories of 2022

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In 2022, the hospice community laid the groundwork for a transformational 2023. During late 2021 and 2022, the U.S. These were some of the key themes in the most-read Hospice News articles of 2022 that centered around the merger and acquisition landscape as well as the regulatory climate.

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Home Care 100 2022 Recap

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Key topics and discussions at Home Care 100 2022 Moving past COVID-19 Based on industry trends, the post-COVID horizon shows a shift to home care and telehealth. The post Home Care 100 2022 Recap appeared first on AlayaCare. One lingering question on everybody’s minds: how will (or should) their organizations change?

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Home Care 100 2022 Recap

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Key topics and discussions at Home Care 100 2022. This theme carried through Home Care 100, where various sessions targeted Washington’s agenda from topics such as VBP (value-based purchasing) to Biden’s spending plan and the resulting impacts on home-based care. Moving past COVID-19. 2) The Care Worker Crisis.

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Hospice Organizations Respond to ProPublica Hospice Article

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November 30, 2022. Alexandria, Va ) – An article on the hospice industry published by ProPublica on November 28 ( Endgame: How the Visionary Hospice Movement Became a For-Profit Hustle ), 2022, gives readers an inaccurate view of the Medicare hospice benefit, a uniquely person-centered program that brought comfort to 1.7

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Lawmakers, Providers Seek Collaboration to Strengthen Hospice Program Integrity

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” Arizona had 239 new Medicare-certified hospices appear between 2018 and 2022, representing 52% of all providers in the state. The issue of fraud has garnered national attention following a recent article from the New Yorker and ProPublica that dug into instances of potential illegal and unethical behavior in the industry.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Palliative Care Organizations

Hospice News

This article is sponsored by Axxess. The article is based on a webinar hosted by Zaundra Ellis, Vice President of Hospice Solutions at Axxess with input from Cristina Montanez, Care Advocate and Lead Educator at Hospice of the North Coast and Dr. Jennifer Kennedy, VP for Quality and Standards at Community Health Accreditation Program.

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Hospice Providers, Industry Groups: CMS Should Increase 2024 Hospice Base Rate by Nearly 4%

Hospice News

This is the first of a series of Hospice News articles that will cover the industry’s response to the proposed rule. increase that would be consistent with the approach the agency took in its final rule for Fiscal Year 2022. Citing inflation and other headwinds, hospice providers and industry organizations are urging the U.S.

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