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How the Hospice CARE Act Could Change Respite Services

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish an hourly rate for short-term home respite care starting in fiscal year 2027. Finally, we ask that assisted living be a site of care for in-home respite. These care days would would also count toward the hospice’s payment cap. It would also require the U.S.

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Partners In Care to Launch Clinician Burnout Prevention Program

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The funding was issued as part of the Oregon Center for Nursing’s initiative to foster greater access to long-term care for patients in the home, and in assisted living, memory care or skilled nursing facilities throughout the state, according to Jana Bitton, the organization’s executive director. Nearly 900,000 of the nation’s 4.5

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