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Hospice News
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Hospice providers and stakeholders are carefully examining the proposed changes included in the recently introduced Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act as the bill begins its journey through the legislative process. this summer.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 1, 2024
The data come at a time when hospices are striving to better understand how to improve those groups’ end-of-life trajectories. Technology utilization has gained momentum in health care, including in hospice care delivery. Coupled with the telehealth disparities are inequities pertaining to hospice care.
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Hospice News
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Hospices flagged by the SFP also will be surveyed every six months rather than the current three-year cycle and could face monetary penalties or expulsion from the Medicare program. The newly introduced House bill is designed to improve data transparency when it comes to the hospice SFP and quality measures.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 25, 2024
The location will serve as a hub for staff providing hospice services across Pasco County, where seniors 65 and older represent 21.8% The expansion is driven by growing demand for end-of-life care in the northern Tampa Bay area, according to Jalisha Wynn, general manager for VITAS. “At Census Bureau reported.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Nearly half, or 49.1%, of all Medicare decedents utilized hospice services in 2022, reported the National Alliance for Care at Home. National hospice utilization rates have hovered around this vicinity for the past decade, with 44% of decedents receiving these services in 2010, the Alliance report found.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Prolific health disparities have driven hospices to implement various strategies to improve diversity, equity and inclusion among underserved patient populations. White Medicare decedents have long represented the vast majority of individuals utilizing the hospice benefit, though other racial and ethnic groups have seen improvement.
NHPCO
MARCH 21, 2023
For Immediate Release March 22, 2023 New Research Shows Hospice Care Reduces Medicare Costs Hospice Care Contributed to $3.5 billion less than it would have been had they not received hospice care. In the last year of life, the total costs of care to Medicare for beneficiaries who used hospice was 3.1
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