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Hospice CARE Act Would Create Reimbursement for High-Acuity Hospice Services

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If enacted, the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act could open up reimbursement pathways for high-acuity palliative services during a time when demand and costs are rising. But things that we didn’t understand were palliative actually are services many hospices are providing to communities.

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Coalition ‘Strongly Urges’ Congress to Immortalize Hospice Telehealth Flexibilities

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A coalition of hospice, home health and palliative care organizations has called on Congress to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities implemented during the pandemic. 31, these flexibilities allowed hospices to perform routine home care visits virtually and conduct face-to-face recertification visits. Currently set to expire Dec.

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A Decade of Palliative Telehealth Utilization Shows Quality Improvement

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Telehealth utilization for palliative care during the last decade has been associated with improved quality of life, patient satisfaction and symptom management. But geographic and regulatory barriers pose hurdles to further evaluation of telehealth’s efficacy. This is according to a recent study analysis published in Cureus found.

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Study: Outpatients Prefer Palliative Telehealth over Clinic Visits

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During the COVID-19 public health emergency, CMS health care providers’ ability to deliver care via telehealth, including hospices and palliative care providers. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to markup a new bill that would extend those flexibilities through the end of 2026. This week, the U.S.

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Palliative Providers Navigate Potential ‘Disastrous’ Impacts Amid Telehealth Uncertainties

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State of telepalliative regulations Congress currently is weighing a bill, the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act , that proposes to extend the expiration of regulatory flexibilities tied to telehealth through 2026. 31, these waivers included the ability for hospices to recertify patients via telehealth services.

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BoldAGE CMO Glenn Meyers: PACE Is Palliative Care

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New Jersey-headquartered BoldAge emerged last year, established by a group of former hospice and home health leaders. That empathy is already in every pace employee that I’ve met in all of our centers so far, just like in hospice. So we are palliative care, and palliative care is not just the next step before hospice.

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How the Hospice CARE Act Could Change Respite Services

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The Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act, if enacted, would make changes to the ways hospices provide respite care. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) is in the process of drafting the bill that would represent the most significant reforms to date for hospice payment and oversight.