Hospice News

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Commonly known as the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in, the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model officially launched on January 1, 2021, with 53 Medicare Advantage Plans offering the benefit in 206 counties within 13 states and Puerto Rico for 4 years ending in 2025.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Barring some extreme event like a global pandemic, for example a decline in utilization is unlikely in 2025 and beyond. But in 2025, the pendulum could start swinging in the other direction. All this being said, 2025 also will see more regulatory action governing how AI is deployed by health care providers and insurance companies.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

hike CMS approved in its 2025 final rule. According to the language proposal, the regulatory changes around admission included clarification that only a hospice medical director or physician member of the interdisciplinary group can recertify a patient for services within a subsequent 90- or 60-day period of care.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2025

Palliative care is integral to Daymarks care model, according to Medical Director Dr. Angela Taber. More than 2 million new cancer diagnoses are expected to occur in 2025, as well as 618,000 deaths, according to the American Cancer Society. Taber is board-certified in palliative care, among other specialties.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

So if it’s an absolutely emergency, you got a physician in the med, you know, the health center medical director, if it’s urgent, like in this particular case, we get the ethics committee involved. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2025. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 23, 2024

The new location will allow for improved support for serious and terminally ill patients that lack caregiver support or need higher levels of care, said Dr. Christopher Strzalka, medical director at Julia Hospice & Palliative Care. The health system anticipates the location to remain closed until the end of 2025.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

So there are some clinics where you can talk to the medical director and they may give people like a take home dose for the afternoon. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2025. And I let them know that when they go back out to their treatment clinic that it’s going to be consolidated once again.

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GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

Should these patients qualify for medical aid in dying medications? Hope is a palliative care doc and hospice medical director at Evergreen Health up near Seattle, Washington. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2025. Hope Wechkin brought this topic to us. Hope 00:31 Thanks.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Faith Protsman, regional medical director at VITAS Healthcare, Raianne Melton, senior clinical manager of professional service at Axxess, and Cheryl Hamilton Fried, president & CEO at Blue Ridge Hospice. This article is sponsored by Axxess.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

And they can start July of 2025. The MVP for them is care navigator, medical director, or a clinician who could be advanced care practice PA or a physician who have one of three factor. Malaz: So hopefully in July we’ll be able to expand, not just us. They have one year to set it up. Purely architected. Alex: Hopefully.

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