Hospice News
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) found. In 2022, health care spending rose at a rate of 4.6%. Total Medicare hospice spending accounted for $25.7 billion last year, according to a separate report from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). The nations total health expenditures rose 7.5%
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that its Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) yielded more than $2.1 billion in shared savings payments during the program’s 2022 to 2023 performance year, the highest dollar amount thus far, CMS reported. “We
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Hospice News
MARCH 14, 2025
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has recommended to Congress a freeze on hospice payment increases starting in 2026. The 2021 aggregated Medicare hospice margin was 10.4%, according to MedPAC. million Medicare beneficiaries received services in 2023 from close to 6,500 providers, up from 5,900 the prior year.
Hospice News
APRIL 10, 2024
The Medicare Hospice Benefit could use an “upgrade” to ensure greater flexibility that may be necessary to fully support patients’ needs. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should consider is retiring the six-month terminal prognosis requirement and allowing for some concurrent care, Wallace and Wladkowski indicated.
Hospice News
MAY 28, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in March issued its 2025 proposed hospice rule, which if finalized would include a 2.6% For example, for FY 2022, the agency used 2018 data. In 2022, the shortfall was 3%, and, in 2023,1%. The proposed 2.6% increase in the per diem base rate. In 2021, the payment update had a 0.6%
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
of Medicare hospice decedents terminal conditions in 2023, according to a recent joint report by the Alliance and the Research Institute for Home Care. With the] number of Medicare hospice users, we are seeing major increases over years, as you expect with an aging population, Ware said during a recent webinar.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
About 15,900 Medicare decedents in Utah elected hospice in 2022, a rate of slightly more than 59%. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The final rule forbids any change in majority ownership during the 36 months after initial Medicare enrollment, including acquisitions, stock transactions or mergers.
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