Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

A leading cause of fraud involves hospices billing Medicare for services for which patients were not eligible, according to a 2021 report from Bass, Berry, & Sims. Some hospices have already begun seeing penalties from a rise in UPIC audit activity, including reimbursement suspensions or Medicare claim repayments.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

“We really do see the opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives — especially as people are aging — and you think of the costs associated with leaving their homes and going into assisted living or a long-term care environment,” Tricia Ford, vice president of operations for Care Synergy, told Hospice News. “In

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Caregiver Support Services

MARCH 7, 2024

The likelihood of needing long-term care increases as you age, and the expenses that come with long-term care also increase. These costs are normal, but the high price point can still catch many off guard, which is why it’s important to prepare for long-term care expenses sooner rather than later.

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Freedom Home Care and Medical Staffing

MARCH 21, 2022

It’s meeting those in need of home health care where they are at: at home. Pros of Home Health Care. When considering care the two most highly considered options are home health care and assisted living. There are many pros to home health care. Home Health Care and Recognizing When It’s Time.

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Seasons Hospice

MAY 21, 2024

Here are some common obstacles seniors face in accessing dental care: Financial Barriers One of the most significant challenges seniors encounter is the cost of dental care. Many older adults are living on fixed incomes, making it difficult to afford dental services, especially if they lack insurance coverage for dental procedures.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

So for example, you know, the director of the assisted living facility could be the person who knows the patient the best. Were you saying you started off by talking about somebody who might have conflicts of interest, like the person who runs the assisted living facility or something like that.

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

Prognosis, length of stay for newly admitted or decedents of long term care? Connie 08:51 I think the most recent I’ve seen is that they generally most don’t live throughout a year. And so I think there’s over time a shift for fewer people to go to a nursing home for that level of care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Utilization of the general inpatient level of care (GIP) is frequently the subject of audits by Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), and avoiding or responding to that scrutiny requires strict compliance to a complex web of rules. If GIP billing exceeds that metric, the hospice must refund those payments to Medicare.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 18, 2022

It extends the organizations’ existing partnership for hospital-based palliative care services, bringing this care into more settings such as hospitals, physician offices, long-term care facilities and in the home. independent of the JV. About 47.6% This trailed behind the national average of 50.3%

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Solace

MARCH 9, 2023

Long-term care can be expensive. My care is going to cost 10 grand a month,’” While you or a loved one may not need this type of care now, Genworth , quoting federal statistics, says 7 out of 10 people will require long-term care in their lifetime. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

He wants to know what do you guys think about the effect of private equity on hospice and long-term care? She asks If you were the Czar of Geriatric care and were handed $7 trillion- Alex: Whoa, $7 trillion Anne: To improve the health of seniors in the United States, how would you spend it? Why are they doing this?

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

If you develop dementia, odds are you will spend the last months to years of your life in a nursing home or assisted living facility. And I wrote a paper a couple years ago, entitled Forced to Choose: When Medicare Policy Disrupts End of Life Care. Nursing homes are subsidized by their Medicare, by their rehab patients.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JULY 17, 2023

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a Proposed Rule that, if finalized, would extend the application of the “36-Month Rule” from home health agencies (“HHAs”) to also include hospice agencies as well. The 36-Month Rule, found at 42 C.F.R.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Susan: I got my start working for a member of Congress doing constituent casework and a lot of the casework was supporting older adults with VA, Social Security, Medicare, immigration casework. It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Diane: Huge.

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