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7 ‘Hidden Gem’ Hospice News Stories in 2024

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About 6% of hospice providers indicated plans to diversify their services to include end-of-life doulas in the Hospice News 2024 Outlook Survey. A significant driver of this interest is a doulas ability to help patients access and understand their health care options as their illnesses progress.

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Diverse Utilization, Cost Trends Shaping Hospice Care Delivery

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New trends in hospice care delivery are pointing to a growing need for improved equitable access and diversified services that address a broader range of disease-specific patient needs. The care providers provide is changing to meet patients where they’re at. Is it conversations with doctors?

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Center for Hospice Care Revives Respiratory Care Program

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Indiana-based Center for Hospice Care (CHC) has revamped its respiratory care program for patients with lung disease after a temporary pause during the pandemic. Dubbed as BreatheEazy, the respiratory program began in 2011 and relaunched in 2024. Additionally, none were admitted to the hospital for symptom management.

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Congress Mulls Bill to Extend Hospice Recertification Via Telehealth

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Carol Miller (R-West Virginia) and Jared Golden (D-Maine) have reintroduced the Hospice Recertification Flexibility Act. If enacted, the bill would allow hospices to conduct face-to-face recertification visits via telehealth. Hospice care exists to provide comfort and compassion during heartbreaking times.

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CMS to Sunset Hospice VBID in 2024

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will end the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) as of Dec. Often called the “hospice carve-in,” the program was designed to test coverage of hospice care through Medicare Advantage, in addition to some coverage of palliative care and transitional care.

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Regulators Extend Some Telemedicine Flexibilities, Gauge Telehealth’s ‘New Path Forward’ in Hospice

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These waivers were initially set to expire on the same date in 2024/this year. With the end of 2024 quickly approaching, DEA, jointly with HHS, has extended current telemedicine flexibilities through December 31, 2025.”

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Health Plan Participation in Hospice VBID to Shrink in 2024

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Health plan participation in the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) will fall in 2024. For calendar year 2024, 13 Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) will participate in the program’s hospice component, providing coverage through 78 health plans in 19 states. million in 2023.

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