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U.S. Health Care Spending Reaches $4.9 Trillion

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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%

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Under the Radar Challenges for Hospice Nurses

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Hospice leaders may have a narrow view around the hidden daily challenges experienced by nurses both at the bedside and operationally. More providers are peeling back the layers of the largest nursing workforce obstacles to strengthen their retention strategies. Hidden nursing challenges More than 1.5 An estimated 82.13

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Mission Health Services Acquires Angel’s Crossing Home Hospice

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Mission is a nonprofit provider of nursing home, assisted living, short term care, memory care and therapy services. About 15,900 Medicare decedents in Utah elected hospice in 2022, a rate of slightly more than 59%. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Financial terms were undisclosed.

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‘Upgrading’ the Medicare Hospice Benefit

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The Medicare Hospice Benefit could use an “upgrade” to ensure greater flexibility that may be necessary to fully support patients’ needs. Votsmier Endowed Chair and a professor in the Valentine School of Nursing at Saint Louis University, and Stephanie P. In Fiscal Year 2022, 7.5% Wallace, the Dorothy A. of the nation’s 1.7

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The Senior Living Opportunity for Hospices

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My generation, baby boomers, were not going to a nursing home. In 2022, more than 907,000 Medicare hospice decedents were older than 85, out of 1.7 Were looking at assisted living, senior living, that sort of thing, Ponder Stansel told Hospice News. million total patients, according to the National Alliance for Care at Home.

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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. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed new approaches for enforcing hospice regulations that will become effective on Jan. The following are the most-read Hospice News articles of 2022. #1

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Aetna’s President of Medicare: MA Plans Go All-In on Aging in Place with New 2024 Benefits, Palliative Care, Hospice VBID

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“Aetna remains focused on providing benefits and services to help our members age in the place that is best for them – whether that is with caregivers or without, in a family home or in a senior living community,” Terri Swanson, president of Medicare for Aetna, told Hospice News in an email. “We

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