Hospice News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Careful management of the hospice aggregate cap is key to providers’ sustainability as regulatory scrutiny continues to heat up. The cap is designed to prevent overuse of hospice, put controls on Medicare spending and foster greater access to care among patients. For Fiscal Year 2024, the U.S. In 2025, this will rise to $34,465.

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Hospice News

JUNE 22, 2023

I don’t know that there’s enough access to hospice and palliative care services,” Rep. told Hospice News. When I look for ways to make sure that we try to drop the cost of Medicare per person, hospice and palliative care are attractive to me, because the more we utilize that, the lower costs can drop.” Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.)

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Summary Transcript Summary Last week we talked about a trial of a nurse and social worker outpatient palliative care intervention published in JAMA. For context, listen to the prior podcast with Scott on “ nudges ” and prior podcast with Kate on who should get palliative care.

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