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HHS OIG: Greater Oversight Needed Among New Hospices

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The report, Trends, Patterns, and Key Comparisons Related to New Medicare Hospice Provider Enrollments May Indicate the Need for Further Oversight is expected to publish in Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. It will examine potential red flags of fraud, waste and abuse among newly enrolled Medicare hospice providers claims data.

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CMS Revamps, Extends Kidney Care Choices Model

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center is overhauling its Kidney Care Choices (KCC) payment model. Consequently, palliative care providers could see new payment pathways in certain geographic regions. territories.

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2024’s Palliative Care Payment Trends Provide ‘Plethora of Data’ for Future Policymaking

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The varied routes of palliative care payment trends taking shape in todays reimbursement landscape could have significant effects on the future outlook of sustainability and access to these services. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). million in 2023, CMS reported.

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CMS’ TEAM Payment Model: What Hospices Need to Know

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A forthcoming alternative payment model for hospitals focuses on discharge planning and ensuring effective post-acute care, including hospice and palliative care when appropriate. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) late last year unveiled its new Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM).

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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. Researchers included palliative care professionals and educators at medical colleges and hospitals in India. 31 while others are becoming permanent.

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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. NAHC recently completed its affiliation with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization to form the NAHC-NHPCO Alliance.

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Palliative Providers Navigate Potential ‘Disastrous’ Impacts Amid Telehealth Uncertainties

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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.

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