Hospice News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Medicare Advantage organizations SCAN Group and CareOregon will not complete their plans to merge amid questions from state regulatory agencies. 2023 memorandum. Among their queries, MAC sought information on how the merger could affect performance on quality metrics as well as access to care for Oregon’s Medicaid beneficiaries.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has outlined the range of services that will be available to patients aligned with the agency’s Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) payment model. Health care providers can expect an influx of patients with dementia-related conditions in the coming years Nearly 6.7

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Over time, Medicare Advantage plans will likely have a greater presence as hospice payers, and now is the time for providers to build relationships those organizations. Originally slated to end in 2024, CMS recently extended the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) to 2023. SCAN is a $4.3

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Compassus on Wednesday completed its partnership with the health system OhioHealth, a move aimed at improving care coordination and access. About 80,150 Medicare decedents utilized hospice in 2021, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). of its overall population, the U.S.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH) payment model will launch on Jan. 1, 2023, and hospices that collaborate with participating ACOs could realize some unique benefits. We follow all the Medicare rules, but the arrangement itself may look different. Though 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. Participating operators may also receive payment for respite care. CMS will release the application for GUIDE in Fall 2023.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

“The investment in Uintah Basin Home Health and Hospice will allow us to enhance the care coordination with Uintah Basin Medical Center and provide better health outcomes for the patients and clients we serve in the Uintah Basin area.”. Utah holds the highest rate of hospice utilization among Medicare decedents nationwide.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

A few of 2023’s largest hurdles include intensifying regulatory oversight as well as prolific workforce shortages amid rising demand. Among them is an evolving conversation around potential changes to the Medicare Hospice Benefit, an increasing focus on equitable access and service diversification to engage patients further upstream.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Its business model uses a mix of virtual palliative care, advance care planning, care coordination and symptom management services, among others. The provider has expanded to four new states and nearly doubled its patient census bring 2023 alone. We do traditional Medicare. We do fee-for-service.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The post-acute data analytics company develops machine learning solutions designed to identify patients in need of home health, hospice or palliative care services as early as possible in the course of their illnesses. visits in the last seven days of life between May and November 2023. Croix received an average of roughly 10.3

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) raised hospice per diems by 3.8% for Fiscal Year 2023, but some industry leaders have said that this falls short of what providers’ need to maintain capacity and complete for jobseekers. Some in the space have voiced concern that reimbursement has not kept pace with the headwinds.

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

This article is based on a discussion with Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart and Nikki Davis, Vice President of Palliative Care Programs at Contessa Health. The conversation took place on April 20, 2023, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. For a patient, a panel is essential.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. NASDAQ: AMED) has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Hospice News. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit [link].

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Hospice News

JANUARY 26, 2024

Hospice News spoke with Bristol CEO Alex Mauricio at the Home Care 100 Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, to talk about the company’s growth outlook for 2024, its speciality care coordination program and opportunities for hospice providers in the assisted living space. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)].

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

This participation has allowed us to integrate our experience as both a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan and hospice provider, developing a care model that fundamentally aligns with CMS’ broad policy goals. This collaboration can help optimize care delivery, expand member access to services, and improving the quality of care provided.

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Hospice News

JUNE 5, 2023

This article is based on a discussion with Fred Bentley, Managing Director for Medicare Innovation and ATI Advisory, Allison Silvers, Chief of Healthcare Transformation at the Center to Advance Palliative Care and Ryan Klaustermeier, Vice President of Professional Services at Axxess. We spoke earlier about Medicare Advantage.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

among Medicare decedents in 2023, up more than two percentage points from the prior year, according to recent data from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). The number of hospice care days also saw increases, as did average length of stay and average number of patient visits per week.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

LeadingAge recently penned a letter to Congress requested a two-year extension of the temporary hospice recertification rule, along with several other Medicare telehealth waivers including the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2023 and the Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024.

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Hospice News

JULY 23, 2024

In July 2023, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled a newly planned demonstration for those working with dementia patients and their families. As of 2023, according to the CMS website, dementia affects more than 6.7

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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.

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

If enacted and fully funded, PCHETA could work to address a growing need for more trained hospice and palliative care professionals, as well as help Medicare beneficiaries and their families understand the value of hospice and palliative care, Compassus CEO David Grams told Hospice News in an email.

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Hospice News

JULY 19, 2023

The number of people who suffer from heart failure is expected to rise by 46% between 2012 and 2023, the American Heart Association (AHA) reported. As of 2020, those individuals represented only about 10% of Medicare decedents who elected hospice, according to the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).

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Hospice News

MAY 13, 2024

The study spanned the telehealth experiences of terminally ill cancer patients 29 years old and under who were eligible to receive hospice care between 2021 and 2023. The study points to the potential for telehealth utilization to improve care coordination and quality for dying pediatric populations, researchers stated.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Her research spans 25 years of exploring holistic and innovative care approaches for seniors, including evaluation of PACE programs and methodologies, among others. She has also served as project director for the Medicare Care Choices Model. The model is designed to address care coordination, behavioral and functional needs.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 27, 2023

I was working in home Health back when it was first introduced back in 2010, as a way for c m s to not only create structured penalties for hospitals with excessive readmissions, but also to reward and incentivize those providers for effective care coordination and collaboration with post-acute providers across the care continuum.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Diane: Huge.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

When stakeholders consider ways to improve Medicare Advantage, they should take care not to romanticize fee-for-service Medicare in the process, SCAN Health Plan CEO Dr. Sachin Jain cautions. Medicare Advantage (MA) is a growing force in health care. Through Medicare Advantage, the U.S.

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