Hospice News

JULY 18, 2023

“Affiliating our two organizations is a step forward in achieving a shared ambition of sustainable palliative and end-of-life care and bereavement services, for patients and families in the communities that we serve,” Hospice & Community Care President and CEO Steve Knaub said in a statement. currently, the U.S.

Hospice 246

Hospice Bereavement 2030 Long-term care 246

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Florida-based nonprofit Alivia Care is focused on gearing up for value-based systems in 2024. 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. What are your biggest 2024 focuses, challenges and goals?

2024 264

2024 Homecare Long-term care Medicare 264

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

.” Pallitus has also entered into some value-based arrangements with other payers and hospital systems to provide high quality palliative care more on a per-member-per-month fee schedule. Principal care management is something that [the U.S. “That’s been very, very successful,” Dillon said.

Long-term care 130

Long-term care Palliative care Social worker Palliate 130

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

APRIL 25, 2024

The recently published “Quality in Motion: Acting on the CMS National Quality Strategy April 2024” highlights further evolution of the 2022 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) National Quality Strategy (NQS). National reach, stratified, and most importantly, evidence based. How is testing of measures completed?

Long-term care 59

Long-term care Care coordination Care coordinator 2024 59

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

APRIL 11, 2024

You see, I wasn’t just boarding a flight to a destination, I was headed to the AAPACN 2024 Conference. The American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN ® ) represents more than 19,000 post-acute care nurses and professionals working in more than 7,000 facilities. For further inquiries, she can be contacted here.

Nursing 64

Nursing Long-term care 2011 2005 64

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

MAY 25, 2023

In the coalition’s statement to CMS , they also noted that per the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, 63% of Medicare outpatient therapy services are furnished by institutional providers. While Section 4113 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (P.L.

Long-term care 52

Long-term care Medicare 2023 2024 52

Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Palliative care, pediatric end-of-life care and end-of-life doula (EOLD) services are top of mind for hospices that are diversifying their services in 2024. Roughly 6% of hospices reported plans to diversify with death doula services, with the same amount voicing interest in launching advance care planning services.

2024 230

2024 Hospice Homecare End-of-life care 230

GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

He died in 2024. We’re very fortunate to have Medicare chronic care management, which is a wonderful resource that really is very goal driven, incorporating things like patient priorities, care and what matters most. Again I mentioned long term care, outpatient, inpatient, maybe even, you know, Medicare enrollment.

Healthcare proxy 272

Healthcare proxy Social worker Ventilator Geriatrics 272

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. He wants to know what do you guys think about the effect of private equity on hospice and long-term care? I looked up the annual Medicare spending, is about one 10th that, so it’s like 10 times the annual Medicare budget.

Geriatrics 320

Geriatrics Palliative care Palliate Blog 320

Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

Mollie Gurian, vice president of home-based and HCBS policy at LeadingAge Mandates for hospice workers Health care providers must comply with all applicable pre-PHE requirements after May 11, according to recent guidance from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Hospice 246

Hospice Webinar Long-term care Medicare 246

Hospice News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Walk us through why the Renewed Focus of Quality in 2024 is a focus and maybe how that ties into what you were saying, the clinical documentation, what does that mean as far as that goes? ” We teach things like defensive documentation, which is unfortunate that we have to teach that, but we do. We did a large study with Amedisys.

Document 246

Document Hospice Article ADLS 246

Healthcare Law Insights blog

JULY 14, 2022

In direct response to the significant challenges experienced by long term care (LTC) facilities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden-Harris Administration announced its commitment to improving safety and quality of care. Background .

Long-term care 52

Long-term care 2026 Registered Nurse 2001 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. We could look at cancer registry linked with… Like, I see here Medicare type big data sets, but then you have to rely on insurance claims and that’s going to underestimate SUD when most people aren’t getting treatment and it’s a tough nut to crack.

Palliative care 337

Palliative care Palliate Informed consent Article 337

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.

Medicare 313

Medicare Caregiver Social worker 2024 313

Home Care Pulse

MAY 22, 2023

One action within the order calls to enhance job quality for long-term care workers. This order direct s the department of Health and Human Services to consider regulations and guidelines to improve the quality of home care jobs, and to continue looking toward minimum staffing standards for post-acute nursing facilities.

Article 68

Article Long-term care 2027 Bathing 68

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

“Near-term, we will focus on working with the Trump transition teams to share LeadingAge’s agenda and to gain a clear understanding of the new administration’s housing, aging, health- and long-term care goals. That’s our top priority in the short term.” Among them is the Special Focus Program (SFP), which the U.S.

Webinar 312

Webinar Long-term care Hospice 2001 312