Hospice News
JULY 12, 2024
The forthcoming Hospice Care Accountability, Reform and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act from U.S. Blumenauer announced the bill in June at the Hospice News Elevate conference in Washington D.C. The post Hospice CARES Act Would Update Medical Reviews, Seek to Reduce Audits appeared first on Hospice News.
Hospice News
AUGUST 1, 2024
The Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act, if enacted, would make changes to the ways hospices provide respite care. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) is in the process of drafting the bill that would represent the most significant reforms to date for hospice payment and oversight.
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Hospice News
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas) and Jimmy Panetta (D-California) have introduced a bill that would reform aspects of the hospice Special Focus Program (SFP). If enacted, the Enhancing Hospice Oversight and Transparency Act also would increase the penalty for hospices that do not report quality measure data to 10% by 2027, up from 4% currently.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Established in 2019, the foundation began in part with community donations and philanthropic support from a family that received care from pediatric hospice and palliative provider Dell Children’s, part of the nonprofit health system Ascension. Keller Foundation.
Hospice News
MAY 10, 2022
More than 20% of the state’s population will be Medicare eligible by 2027. Because a higher percentage of our patients began hospice care later in the end-of-life period, we continued to experience pressure on our average discharge length of stay throughout much of the first quarter,” Pennant President Brent Guerisoli, said.
NHPCO
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
The National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care joins the Alliance on behalf of the hospice community to call on Congress and CMS to continue these essential collaborative efforts with stakeholders to fix the SFP so that it accurately identifies the poorest-performing providers, ensuring all hospice patients receive high-quality care.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
If enacted, the bill, which contains proposed amendments to the Social Security Act, would require Medicare Advantage plans to report enrolled beneficiary data on supplemental benefits, such as palliative care, as well as patients aligned with the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) demonstration.
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