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Access was the watchword in the palliative care community during 2024, as providers sought more ways to reach the right patients at the right time. The following are the most-read Palliative Care News articles of 2024. Operators in the space anticipated diverse challenges heading into 2024.
Palliative care providers are taking varied routes to address the most disruptive forces they are encountering this year, rising to challenges that have been persistent across the sector. Martha Twaddle, The Waud Family Medical Directorships palliative medicine and supportive care clinical professor of medicine at Northwestern Medicine.
Hospices nationwide have been diversifying their services to include palliative care, PACE, home-based primary care and a host of other business lines. A growing number of operators have developed programs tailored to patients with specific diagnoses, providing specialized care tailored to their specific needs.
Carecoordination and quality data will be engines for hospice referral growth. As end-of-life care received a spotlight during a global pandemic, the historical viewpoints around hospice care delivery have been undergoing a “fundamental shift,” Dresang said. As challenging as it was, the residue is largely positive.
Temporary telehealth flexibilities granted during the pandemic have opened up discussions around the future of technology in health care delivery, said Dr. Michael Fratkin, board president at the Institute for Rural Psychedelic Care. Fratkin is also a palliative care specialist at Humboldt Center for New Growth.
Aetna, a subsidiary of CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), is leveraging a series of new benefits that, coupled with existing palliative care programs and ongoing hospice payment demonstrations, promise to keep patients in their homes and out of facilities. In 2024, we have plans that offer $0 copay for primary care visits and labs.
The ability to monitor and educate staff on their roles and responsibilities in compliance will be a key for hospice sustainability and quality heading into 2024, Piland said at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. On Wednesday, the U.S.
Telehealth utilization for palliative care during the last decade has been associated with improved quality of life, patient satisfaction and symptom management. Researchers included palliative care professionals and educators at medical colleges and hospitals in India. The analysis comes at a time when current U.S.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new avenue of funding for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) with implications for palliative care providers. This proposed policy dovetails with the Advance Investment Payment (AIP) component of CMS’ ACO Primary Care FLEX payment model demonstration.
This year has brought both tumultuous challenges and evolving opportunities for hospices that will steer hospice leadership during 2024. Hospice care reduces Medicare expenditures by about $3.5 Lynne Sexten, CEO, Agrace Hospice & Supportive Care [Three words to sum up 2024 would be]: Protect the benefit.
A new primary care-focused payment model demonstration could create new partnership opportunities for hospice and palliative care providers. The agency intends for the 10-year demo to expand and enhance care management and carecoordination. Palliative and hospice care are critical to a patient’s care journey.
The focus on gathering data to both measure and understand gaps in access and quality signal an increased drive toward reducing disparities in end-of-life care — a goal regulators and hospice providers can agree upon, according to Ben Marcantonio, COO and interim CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).
The agency is also releasing applications for participation for eligible Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs) for calendar year 2024. Among those benefits is palliative care. The program also provides one more avenue of reimbursement for palliative care, a field in which there are few options when it comes to payment models.
As health care stakeholders work to improve carecoordination, more hospices are exploring home-based primary care. Organizations that are delivering hospice and palliative care now are looking to the future and wanting to provide more of a full-service solution for seriously ill patients,” Singleton told Hospice News.
Carelon is the health care services brand of the insurance company Elevance Health (NYSE: ELV), previously known as Anthem. CareMore, also an Elevance subsidiary, provides advanced primary care to more than 100,000 Medicare Advantage and Medicaid patients in nine states, as well as offering palliative care.
Originally slated to end in 2024, CMS recently extended the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) to 2023. When it comes to hospice VBID, numbers from the program’s first year offer few clues for the 2023-2024 landscape. CMS requires MA plans to ensure they are working with providers of high-quality care.
The needs of today’s seriously ill patients necessitates the development of new, longitudinal care models that integrate the patient-centered principles of hospice and palliative care, Dr. Darren Schulte, CEO of VyncaCare, told Hospice News. What would you say are the biggest opportunities that you see for 2024?
Participating operators may also receive payment for respite care. However, hospice and palliative care providers that offer upstream services may be uniquely suited to implement such a model, either directly or through a partnership. The eight-year demonstration model will begin July 1, 2024. “It’s
A direct contracting entity (DCE), CareConnectMD offers primary care, palliative care, and carecoordination services. The company expects to begin operating in Las Vegas, Nevada and Arizona next year and in Wisconsin in 2024.
The 2024 final hospice payment rule included a modest payment increase for general inpatient care (GIP) at a time when regulators are zeroing in on increased utilization and longer stays. General inpatient care is the second-highest level of care in terms of daily reimbursement rates, according to the U.S.
This article is based on a Palliative Care News discussion with Deanna Heath, Senior Vice President of customer experience at KanTime, Jared King, Vice President of business development and sales at Hospice Dynamix and Sundar Kannan, CEO of KanTime. The discussion took place on February 29, 2024 during PCN Conference in Tampa.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)] believes that primary care is going to be the answer to this fragmented care problem. Primary care is where it’s at.” Alivia Care came into existence in 2020 when Community Hospice & Palliative Care, now an affiliate, formed a larger company with a wider range of services.
In case you missed it, Hospice News has launched a new specialty publication for palliative care professionals. You can subscribe to Palliative Care News here: Subscribe today! These include rules pertaining to patient rights, initial comprehensive assessments, interdisciplinary care planning and carecoordination.
Palliative care providers have explored diverse routes to improve quality and access to their services in 2024. The topics spanned evolving reimbursement trends, innovative care delivery partnerships and research examining the biggest barriers among undeserved populations.
The end of the beginning in the fight against fraud Hospices have been feeling the regulatory heat in recent years and 2024 was no exception. The hospice M&A market hit a slump in 2023 and 2024 due to a range of factors. interest rate cut in 2024, with more reductions expected over the course of this year.
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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. A map of approved GUIDE organizations as of July 2024, based on CMS data.
ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Katie: Help pay for them to go and do the evaluations and provide the resources and carecoordination as part of the healthcare team. My one would be on the acute care space. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu. Carmen: Reimburse them too.
The study points to the potential for telehealth utilization to improve carecoordination and quality for dying pediatric populations, researchers stated. Health care professionals surveyed included hospice nurses and administrators, as well as oncology and palliative care clinicians.
The good news is that the financial case for comprehensive dementia care is changing thanks to a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) alternative payment model (APM) called Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model. So if you are established program, the starting point is July 30th, 2024. I looked at it.
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