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A Decade of Palliative Telehealth Utilization Shows Quality Improvement

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Among the temporary flexibilities set to end includes the ability for all Medicare patients to receive telehealth services in their home, as well as the waiver of geographic restrictions around where and how non-behavioral health services can be delivered. 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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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. Patients with advanced cancer prefer to receive palliative care via telehealth rather than visiting a clinic, a recent study has found. Since then, virtual services have boomed.

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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. People would suffer. Currently set to sunset Dec.

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

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Earl Blumenaur (D-Oregon) and announced in June at the Hospice News Elevate conference, the bill proposed massive reimbursement and regulatory changes to the Medicare Hospice Benefit. If enacted, the bill proposes to reimburse for those services at 200% of the routine home care rate for Fiscal Year 2026. 1, 2026 through Sep.

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Coalition ‘Strongly Urges’ Congress to Immortalize Hospice Telehealth Flexibilities

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Telehealth is an effective means of conducting these administrative visits without increasing Medicare costs,” the coalition stated in its letter to Congress. Congress is currently mulling legislation that could extend current telehealth regulations through 2026. The National Alliance for Care at Home spearheaded the effort.

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Congress Mulls Bill to Extend Recertifications by Telehealth

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A bill currently before Congress would extend through 2026 regulatory flexibilities related to telehealth, including the ability to recertify patients for hospice care. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), they would not be able to recertify via telehealth. It also includes some exceptions. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

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Hospice Groups to CMS: Don’t Rush CAHPS Changes

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) included the updates in its proposed hospice payment rule for 2025. 1, 2026 at the earliest. If finalized as written, the changes would take effect in January 2025. Performance on these surveys is crucial as more payers and consumers use public quality data to choose a hospice.

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