Hospice News

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The organizations voiced “strong support” for extended telehealth utilization, which has helped reduce costs and barriers to quality care, improved timely access and expanded clinical bandwidth, they stated. Extending this flexibility, especially in rural and high-traffic urban areas, will significantly benefit both patients and providers.

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Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2025

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Friday announced its proposed 2026 hospice payment rule , which includes a 2.4% The increase represents an estimated $695 million rise in total hospice payments for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. The proposed hospice cap amount for FY 2026 is $35,292.51, slightly up from $34,465.34

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This could be interpreted as a signal of interest in retaining some of these flexibilities into the future, according to Katy Barnett, director of home care and hospice operations and policy at LeadingAge. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), they would not be able to recertify via telehealth.

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Home Care Pulse

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Linda Leekley ( 12:51 ): So you’re saying that HOPE would be on, on admission more like the OASIS and, and MDs or, or during patient care, Dr. Jennifer Kennedy ( 13:00 ): So yeah, it would be adminis. So they’re invested in not only high quality care provision for the beneficiaries, but also in cost savings, obviously.

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