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%
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Hospice News
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Medicare fee-for-service programs made $31.23 of improper payments from Medicare in 2023, down from 12% in 2022, according to a new report from the U.S. All told, these efforts reduced improper payments by $28 billion between 2022 and 2023. Hospices received nearly 5.4% Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
For the time being, Medicare Advantage may be providers’ best bet for palliative care reimbursement. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) also allows Medicare Advantage plans to cover palliative care as a supplemental benefit. This year, the number of MA plans swelled to 3,998 nationwide, up 6% from 2022.
Hospice News
MAY 3, 2023
Federal regulators are cracking down on the private insurers that administer Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. In 2022, 147 plans offered home-based palliative care across 17 states, a 7% increase in the number of plans compared to the prior year. based research and consulting firm ATI Advisory. trillion and reported total profits of $69.3
Hospice News
JUNE 29, 2022
Congressional legislators are casting doubts on regulatory oversight of Medicare Advantage plans over concerns about spending, claims denials, and end-of-life care. Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), and the Government Accountability Office.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Hospice leaders have kept their eyes on four key numbers as 2022 progressed: clinical capacity, length of stay, labor costs and utilization. The workforce shortage had an influence on each one of these indicators, making it perhaps the most significant, though unfortunate, hospice trend of 2022. Clinical capacity. Length of stay.
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