Hospice News

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has made public its first cohort for the hospice Special Focus Program (SFP). Finalized in the 2024 home health payment rule, the program is designed to identify poor performing hospices, mandate quality improvement and in some cases impose additional penalties.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The subsidiary’s specialty is high-acuity care in the home, including hospital-at-home and skilled nursing facility-at-home programs, but in recent years it has also leaned hard into growing its palliative care business. For now, Amedisys shows no signs of slowing down on palliative care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

Current reimbursement structures within the federally established Medicare Hospice Benefit do not sufficiently support the level of care needed in rural-based communities, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). “We House of Representatives’ Ways and MeansCommittee. said during the hearing.

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

NHPCO is currently integrating into the Alliance, a newly-formed national organization that is combining the two leading organizations supporting the care-at-home community – NHPCO and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). Of all Medicare decedents in CY 2022, 49.1% With 49.1%

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NHPCO

AUGUST 26, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 26, 2024 (Alexandria, VA and Washington, DC) — Steven Landers, MD, MPH , has been named the inaugural Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the newly merged NAHC-NHPCO Alliance (The Alliance). Dr. Landers has dedicated his career to seeking home- and community-based health care solutions for people of all ages.

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NHPCO

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For Immediate Release November 06, 2024 (Alexandria, VA and Washington, DC) – The National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance) has endorsed H.R. The SFP was created under the HOSPICE Act which established additional tools for CMS to oversee the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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NHPCO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Blumenauer’s desire to update the Medicare hospice benefit to address the evolving needs of our country’s aging population while ensuring the sustainability and integrity of the hospice program. As a long-standing champion of hospice care, Rep. The Alliance shares Rep.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Annals of Int Med. Would you accept?”

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Fraudulent operators in the hospice space have misspent millions of Medicare dollars in recent years. The outlook for hospice providers will become increasingly challenging if the unscrupulous billing activity continues, with negative impacts for a swelling aging population with end-of-life care needs, Harrison stated.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Among the crucial issues that the incoming administration will likely need to address are the program integrity concerns that have been heating up , according to Dr. Steve Landers, CEO at the National Alliance for Care at Home. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented through its 2024 home health rule.

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