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Alivia Care Inc. Launches New Home-Based Care Business in Florida

Hospice News

The new services also address patients’ nonmedical and psychosocial needs such as transportation, meals, companion support, assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) and social determinants of health. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), according to Ponder-Stansel. Florida-based Alivia Care Inc.

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Calls Grow Louder for Greater Federal Support of Rural Hospices

Hospice News

Current reimbursement structures within the federally established Medicare Hospice Benefit do not sufficiently support the level of care needed in rural-based communities, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). House of Representatives’ Ways and MeansCommittee.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

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So people who have Medicare mostly fee for service in a dementia diagnosis should have access to a care, essentially a care navigator for the duration of their condition, or at least the duration of the program. Soo 28:38 Well, the reason for 65 has only to do with Medicare eligibility. Alex 12:52 Yeah. Anna 12:53 Okay.

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Navigating Palliative Care Models in ACO Partnerships

Hospice News

ACOs can give palliative providers an opportunity to be paid properly for their scope of services, particularly if theyre contracting with an ACO under an arrangement with Medicare, which launched a program called ACO Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH) in 2023. According to the U.S.

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How To Paint the Picture:10 Better Words to Chart

Hospice Nurse Hero

Furthermore, documenting decline is not only for ensuring quality care but also for meeting Medicare documentation requirements for hospice eligibility and recertification. Most importantly, it’s about creating a vivid, comprehensive narrative that confirms the patient’s need for hospice care under Medicare guidelines.

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Hospice Documentation What You Need to Know

Hospice Nurse Hero

When you don’t document, Medicare doesn’t pay. Think of it this way, if Medicare repeatedly denies payment, then you might not get that raise you deserve. Document using hospice scales: Medicare uses scales to determine eligibility. Therefore, your documentation should tell the patient’s story.

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Palliative Rehab?!?: Ann Henshaw, Tamra Keeney, and Sarguni Singh

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Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality. That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. But rarely does the podcast and clinical reality meet in the same day. Lynn Flint, author of the NEJM perspective titled, “Rehabbed to Death,” joins Eric and I as co-host.

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