2026 Medicare Palliate Palliative care 
Hospice News
JUNE 4, 2024
Telehealth’s value proposition is building in the palliative care realm as regulators mull policies around future utilization, leaving providers to navigate uncertain and potentially difficult challenges among patients. People would suffer. Currently set to sunset Dec.
Hospice News
MAY 10, 2024
Patients with advanced cancer prefer to receive palliative care via telehealth rather than visiting a clinic, a recent study has found. After the public health emergency ended, 61% of those patients still maintained a preference for virtual care, according to the research published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
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Hospice News
MAY 8, 2024
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.)
Hospice News
JUNE 3, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) included the updates in its proposed hospice payment rule for 2025. Between the 2021 and 2023 reporting period, those rates reached only 29%, according to data cited in comments on the rule by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Association (NHPCO). 1, 2026 at the earliest.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 9, 2023
More Medicare Advantage organizations are developing customized plans for patients with special needs, including for those who may need palliative care or are nearing the end of life. Gender disparities also exist when it comes to end-of-life and palliative care, a 2023 study in the Journal of Palliative Care found.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation is currently testing coverage of hospice care through Medicare Advantage through the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) program. Often called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in, the program is more than halfway through its second year.
Hospice News
JUNE 27, 2024
Hospices today are facing one of the most challenging regulatory environments that the industry has seen, according to Pamela Duncan Owens, chief compliance officer of Agape Care. A portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity, the South Carolina-based hospice and palliative provider offers care across nine states.
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