Hospice News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) updated risk adjustment policy could lead to tightened belts — or a golden opportunity — for palliative care providers in Medicare Advantage. patients is now reimbursed through risk-based models like Medicare Advantage and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).

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Hospice News

JUNE 27, 2024

Recent evidence indicates that more of these providers are being enrolled in Medicare despite the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) efforts to date on curbing fraud and abuse. In their meetings with legislators, providers made known their policy priorities.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Hospice providers will be looking to Congress in 2024 to address issues related to program integrity, quality improvement and industry-wide workforce pressures. This includes the revamping of the hospice survey process and the establishment of a Special Focus Program slated to begin in 2024, to name a few.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

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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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that its Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) yielded more than $2.1 As of January 2024, roughly 480 ACOs are participating in MSSP, which include more than 608,000 clinicians who provide care to nearly 11 million Medicare beneficiaries.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Hospice operators in 2024 are navigating a rapidly transforming environment. A potential M&A rebound After a 2023 slump, the hospice space may be ripe for a 2024 rebound. Our outlook for 2024 health services deals is cautiously optimistic. There are lots of reasons to be optimistic about 2024.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The analysis spanned various clinical trials and studies published between 2014 and 2024 that examined telehealth use within palliative care settings across the world. Much of the permanent Medicare changes to telehealth regulations are tied to behavioral and mental health services. 31 while others are becoming permanent.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Recently, many of those efforts have included advocacy around program integrity within the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Today, they proposed a transitional board who will consider ratifying the organizations’ combination plan in early 2024. The post NAHC, NHPCO Name Transition Board to Guide 2024 Merger appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

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.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Though the number of hospice M&A deals plummeted in 2023 compared to prior years, deals are still being made, and the industry may see a rebound in 2024. The following are some potential buyers to watch in 2024. But the company is almost certainly not done in the acquisition game, and further activity is likely in 2024.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new avenue of funding for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) with implications for palliative care providers. The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced the new payment demonstration in March. million assigned beneficiaries, according to CMS.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Expanding palliative care relationships and joint venture partnerships is a priority for 2024, the Louisiana-based home health and hospice provider indicated in a filing with the U.S. In addition to these types of partnerships, Contessa also contracts directly with some payers, primarily Medicare Advantage plans. “We

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This year has brought both tumultuous challenges and evolving opportunities for hospices that will steer hospice leadership during 2024. Among them is an evolving conversation around potential changes to the Medicare Hospice Benefit, an increasing focus on equitable access and service diversification to engage patients further upstream.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Hospice News sat down with Marcantonio at NHPCO’s Annual Leadership Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas, to discuss the hospice industry’s priorities for the remainder of 2023 and into 2024. What else is top of mind for you as you’re looking ahead to 2024? But of course other priorities exist.

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Hospice News

MAY 10, 2024

31, 2024, leaving those providers in limbo over whether or not they can continue those services. Patients with advanced cancer prefer to receive palliative care via telehealth rather than visiting a clinic, a recent study has found. During the pandemic, 67% of 200 surveyed cancer patients said that they favored telehealth over clinics.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Gentiva Health Services has committed to expanding its recently established Advanced Illness Management (AIM) palliative care model in 2024, including its unique approach to reimbursement. Gentiva seeks to embody this vision through the AIM program, with plans to circumvent the need to work directly with Medicare or other payers.

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Hospice News

JULY 8, 2024

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.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Calls have grown louder for an overhauled design of the Medicare Hospice Benefit, but the path towards change is riddled with contrasting views over regulation, policy and payment structures. Part of the problem is that the [Medicare] Hospice Benefit is 40 plus years old. of terminal diagnoses in 2020, while cancer accounted for 7.2%.

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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. About 3% of respondents indicated plans to start offering PACE programs, while 1% are stepping into home-based pediatric hospice services in 2024.

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ value-based insurance design (VBID) model has largely been met with a sense of relief by providers as they plan new initiatives for palliative care in 2025. CMMI extended the program through 2030, but recently announced that the hospice portion will end on December 31, 2024.

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Hospice News

MARCH 5, 2024

Both Medicare and managed care don’t reimburse appropriately to cover the cost of salaries and education in palliative care,” McInnes said. Roughly 16% of 143 provider respondents signaled their intention to start palliative care programs this year in the Hospice News’ 2024 Outlook Survey , conducted with Homecare Homebase.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

You have better care outcomes,” Molosky said during the Hospice News 2024 Outlook Webinar. Watch (click here): Hospice News 2024 Outlook Webinar The hospice (and larger health care) workforce has been dwindling even as demand for care rises. Your turnover is less; you have to reinvest less frequently.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The company is a value-based organization that partners with primary care physicians nationwide to jointly take on the total cost and quality of care for their senior patients through Medicare Advantage or the the U.S. Our role there is as a partner. We bring technology. We bring insights. We can bring powerful data and care pathways.

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Hospice News

APRIL 3, 2023

The 2024 proposed hospice rule from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) signals the agency’s earliest response to widespread calls to bolster program integrity within the benefit. The post Program Integrity Takes Center Stage in CMS’ 2024 Proposed Hospice Rule appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The company is a value-based organization that partners with primary care physicians nationwide to jointly take on the total cost and quality of care for their senior patients through Medicare Advantage or the the U.S. Net loss was $118 million in the third quarter of 2024 compared to a net loss of $31 million in the third quarter 2023.

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Hospice News

APRIL 21, 2023

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is considering a broad spectrum of payment models that could integrate palliative care. Some hospice industry groups for several years have called for a dedicated palliative care benefit within Medicare.

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Hospice News

MAY 29, 2024

In addition to being named a 2024 Top Leader in Hospice and Palliative Care by AAHPM, Buckholz is co-director of the Sanford Compassionate Communication Fellowship at the UC San Diego. She added that these services are now being offered in diverse settings, including outpatient and home-based care models.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2024

The bill builds upon the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015, designed to speed transitions to patient-centered, value-based care. Lawmakers recently introduced the Value in Health Care Act, which, if enacted, could create inroads toward improved palliative care reimbursement.

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Hospice News

MAY 31, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reconsider the proposed 2.8% base rate increase for 2024. The post Hospice Providers, Industry Groups: CMS Should Increase 2024 Hospice Base Rate by Nearly 4% appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Some telehealth flexibilities that were temporarily implemented during the COVID public health emergency (PHE) are scheduled to sunset at the end of 2024. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) allowed palliative care providers to perform patient care visits virtually. During the pandemic, the U.S. In June U.S.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Two individuals in California have been arrested for their roles in a $54 million scheme to defraud Medicare for hospice and diagnostic testing. From March 2019 to August 2024, these companies allegedly submitted more than $54 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare for services that were never provided and not needed.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Palliative care providers may be uniquely positioned to develop partnerships that support patients through the new Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model recently unveiled by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. The eight-year demonstration model will begin July 1, 2024.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Investment trends in the hospice industry have meandered in recent years, impacting providers’ approaches to growth in 2024. In total hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5 What M&A trends mean for 2024 Aside from rising payer interest, private equity buyers have increasingly stepped into the hospice space.

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Hospice News

JULY 30, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled its final 2025 hospice rule, which includes a 2.9% The increase represents an estimated $790 million rise in total hospice payments compared to Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. increase in per diem payments alongside new quality reporting measures. It is also higher than the 2.6%

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NHPCO

MARCH 5, 2024

For Immediate Release March 4, 2024 (Alexandria, VA) – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) responded to today’s announcement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that as of December 31, 2024, the hospice benefit component of the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model will conclude.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2023

1, 2024, providing in-home palliative care services to eligible patients who also receive primary care through the hospital. Another caregiving agency in the area serves patients on Medicaid or Medicare, but their availability is limited. Nevertheless, Forks is all-in on palliative care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed changes to the 2024 physician fee schedule (PFS) and other Medicare Part B payment policies. The annual Physician Fee Schedule includes updates on what services will be included and paid for by Medicare Part B.

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