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The Case for a Palliative Care Medicare Carve-Out

Hospice News

The future of palliative care payment is reaching an uncertain, but potentially promising time in the Medicare landscape. Palliative care models have been gaining traction in terms of demonstrating cost savings and improved quality for several years running, Farrand said.

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Leadership Transitions at 4 Hospice Providers

Hospice News

Texas-based New Day provides home health, hospice, palliative and personal care services across 31 locations in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and in its home state. Bill is an icon in the industry and a staunch Medicare beneficiary advocate, always putting patients first and fighting for their rights and benefits.

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New HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Pledges Support for Quality End-of-Life Care

Hospice News

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Kennedy voiced a commitment to tackling the root drivers of escalating health care spending across the continuum, much of which is focused on managing chronic diseases, he indicated in the Senate hearing. HHS subagencies include the U.S.

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How Today’s Hospice Fraud Could Warp Tomorrow’s Reimbursement Outlook

Hospice News

Fraudsters misspend millions of Medicare dollars annually, though the actual hospice-specific amounts are difficult to determine, regulators previously told Hospice News. In the end, Medicare fraud costs taxpayers billions of dollars every year. Each dollar lost to fraud takes away resources intended for people with Medicare.”

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Hospice Researchers Seek to Untangle Possible Relationships Between Tax Status and Outcomes

Hospice News

Private equity transactions represented half of all home health and hospice deals in 2018 and 2019, resulting in a 300% increase in patients enrolled under PE-backed providers, according to research published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Care Compare site.

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Dr. Steven Landers: Hospice SFP Could Spread Misinformation About Quality

Hospice News

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could produce misinformation that could interfere with access to care. 1, 2025, could potentially lead patients away from quality providers and into the arms of bad actors in the space, according to Dr. Steven Landers, newly appointed CEO of the National Alliance for Care at Home.

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Empath Health CEO to Congress: Invest in Home-Based Care

Hospice News

Today, in a time of financial and workforce challenges, we should be expanding access to care at home, not cutting it. The organization currently provides home health care, palliative care, grief services, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), adult day services, primary care services and more.

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