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Hospice News
APRIL 12, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed 2025 hospice rule contains clarifications on which physicians may certify patients for hospice enrollment. The CoPs require that a hospice medical director or physician designee review patient clinical information and provide written certification of their terminal illness.
Hospice News
JULY 11, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2025 proposed hospice payment rule contained a request for information (RFI) on the potential implementation of reimbursement pathways for “high intensity palliative care services,” such as chemotherapy, blood transfusion and dialysis.
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Hospice News
MARCH 29, 2024
The 2025 proposed hospice rule is raising some questions along with payment rates. increase in hospice per diems for 2025. The agency also proposed two new quality measures and 2025 implementation of the Hospice Outcome and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) assessment tool to replace the Hospice Item Set.
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. Can you walk us through that landscape?
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.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 13, 2024
7: Hospice Community Responds to CMS 2025 Hospice Rule ; Navigating New Requirements in the 2025 Proposed Hospice Rule Two articles on the CMS proposed and final hospice payment rules for 2025 were tied for the seventh spot this year. NAHC and NHPCO have since joined forces to form the National Alliance for Care at Home. . #4:
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. How would you respond to that?
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