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How to Diversify Services Within the Medicare Hospice Benefit

Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2025

Hospices nationwide have been diversifying their services to include palliative care, PACE, home-based primary care and a host of other business lines. However, some organizations have found success with disease-specific programs reimbursed through the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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Enhancing Care Coordination Can Give Hospices An Edge in Value-Based Models

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

As more health care reimbursement migrates towards value-based payment models, providers will need to master the art of care coordination. Seriously ill patients can easily fall through the cracks in a fragmented health care system, leading to poorer outcomes and costly hospital stays and emergency department visits.

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Education, Care Coordination Key to Preventing Unnecessary Revocations of the Hospice Benefit

Hospice News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Revocations of the hospice benefit can have serious adverse effects on patients and families, as well as providers. Live discharges can occur for a number of reasons, including the patient or family changing their minds about receiving hospice care, or the patient improves and no longer needs those services. About 15.4%

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How Palliative Care Providers Can Enhance Care Coordination

Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2024

This type of coordination can improve outcomes , decrease costs, and offer patients a better quality of life. Navigating system challenging for patients Critiques of current care coordination often focus on the disjointed experiences patients have when dealing with multiple providers, specialists and other services.

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Care Coordination Key to Hospices’ Success in Value-Based Care

Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2022

As more health care reimbursement migrates towards value-based payment models, providers will need to master the art of care coordination. Seriously ill patients can easily fall through the cracks in a fragmented health care system, leading to poorer outcomes and costly hospital stays and emergency department visits.

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Aetna’s President of Medicare: MA Plans Go All-In on Aging in Place with New 2024 Benefits, Palliative Care, Hospice VBID

Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Aetna, a subsidiary of CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), is leveraging a series of new benefits that, coupled with existing palliative care programs and ongoing hospice payment demonstrations, promise to keep patients in their homes and out of facilities. Aetna is now in its second year of participation in the program.

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CMS Extends Hospice VBID Through 2030

Hospice News

MARCH 23, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is extending the value-based insurance design demonstration for calendar years 2025 to 2030, including the hospice component. The hospice component of VBID, also called the MA carve-in, launched in 2021 and was originally slated to complete after four years. It makes sense.

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Why CMS Extended VBID, MA Hospice Carve-In

Hospice News

MARCH 24, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) decision to extend the value-based insurance design (VBID) model through 2030: patients’ social needs, health equity and improved care coordination. This includes the hospice benefit component, often called the Medicare Advantage carve-in, CMS confirmed.

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Compassus, VNS Health Team Up to Manage End-of-Life Care for Medicare Advantage Payers

Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2023

Compassus and VNS Health have formed a value-based collaboration aimed at improving access, awareness and quality of hospice and palliative care services. The two home-based care organizations are joining forces in a Medicare Advantage (MA) Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model partnership.

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Hospice of the Chesapeake Launches New Dementia Program Amid ‘Urgent, Significant’ Need

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Hospice of the Chesapeake has unfurled a new dementia care program aimed at providing improved emotional, educational and practical support for patients and their caregivers as their conditions progress.

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Grief Care’s 2024 Outlook in Hospice

Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Finding the right balance of support and career development for bereavement care professionals is key to recruitment and retention as hospices combat labor strains. Grief care specialists take on challenging roles as they help families navigate the financial and emotional aspects of a loved one’s loss.

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VIA Health Enhances Support for Hospice Patients with Heart Failure

Hospice News

AUGUST 26, 2024

Hospice and palliative care provider VIA Health has long invested in disease-specific programs. The certification process takes into account six domains: program management, personnel education, patient and caregiver education, care coordination, clinical management and performance improvement. Close to 6.7

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‘Detrimental, Unnecessary Chaos’ Looms as Hospice Telehealth Waivers Expire

Hospice News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

These evolving regulations have hospices concerned that a lack of virtual access to their services could have significant impacts on quality and health disparities. Weve inherited a kind of accelerated movement toward a new normal during the pandemic, Fratkin told Hospice News.

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Lawmakers Take Bipartisan Approach to Hospice, Palliative Care Policy

Hospice News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Some federal legislators are working to address workforce issues in the hospice space, as well as bolstering support for family caregivers. In a fractious political environment, hospice and palliative care policy is one area in which members of both parties find common ground. Earl Blumenhauer (D-Ore.)

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4 Benefits of Hospice Contracts in ACO REACH

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH) payment model will launch on Jan. 1, 2023, and hospices that collaborate with participating ACOs could realize some unique benefits. If effectively structured, these arrangements can bring hospices a number of advantages. Though the U.S.

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Transparency Essential to Hospice Compliance in 2024

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Greater transparency in staff evaluation processes and increased education will be keys to navigating a range of hospice compliance challenges in a post-pandemic landscape. Additional services include palliative care, a veterans program and care coordination. On Wednesday, the U.S.

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Payers to Hospices: Don’t Wait to Start Working with MA Plans

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Over time, Medicare Advantage plans will likely have a greater presence as hospice payers, and now is the time for providers to build relationships those organizations. Originally slated to end in 2024, CMS recently extended the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) to 2023. SCAN is a $4.3

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New CMMI Primary Care Demo Could Pave Way for Hospice, Palliative Partnerships

Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2023

A new primary care-focused payment model demonstration could create new partnership opportunities for hospice and palliative care providers. The agency intends for the 10-year demo to expand and enhance care management and care coordination.

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New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Cameron Muir has been named as the new CMO of the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). His new title signals the organization’s strategic plans to reshape hospice care delivery through patient-centered, innovative approaches, according to NPHI CEO Tom Koutsoumpas.

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Key Trends That Will Shape the Hospice Industry in 2023

Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Most hospices are sliding into 2023 between a rock and a hard place, beset by headwinds, labor shortages and questions with no easy answers. Government oversight of hospice providers will tighten during 2023. Hospices have faced ever-intensifying scrutiny from regulators in recent years. Be ready for regulation.

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LeadingAge to Congress: Reform Hospice Benefit, Fund Palliative Care

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The Medicare Hospice Benefit should allow some concurrent care, and Congress should support greater access to palliative care, among other reforms, according to LeadingAge. In addition to concurrent care, LeadingAge urged Congress and the U.S. In addition to concurrent care, LeadingAge urged Congress and the U.S.

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Hospices Need a ’Huge Catapult’ to Replenish Workforce

Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

In enacted, the recently reintroduced Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA) could make a dent in the recruitment barriers that hospices keep hitting. Hospice] has to become a part of the education of medical students, nursing and social workers at large,” Lee told Hospice News.

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The Connecticut Hospice Launches Dementia Caregiver Services

Hospice News

AUGUST 29, 2024

The Connecticut Hospice Inc. Dubbed as Magnolia Care, the decision to launch these new services was in part driven by rising demand as more seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia reach life’s final stages, according to the hospice provider. Growing demand is among the factors driving hospices’ investment.

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Why Hospices Are Pursuing Home-Based Primary Care

Hospice News

JULY 10, 2023

As health care stakeholders work to improve care coordination, more hospices are exploring home-based primary care. Being that full-service solution requires the incorporation of a lot of different kinds of care along the continuum, including longitudinal home-based primary care. About 12% of the 2.1

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Why SCAN Health Plan Will Enter Hospice VBID in 2023

Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

SCAN Health Plan is among the Medicare Advantage (MA) payers entering the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) payment demonstration in 2023. The four-year program — often called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in — launched Jan. Hospice VBID enters its third year in 2023.

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VITAS CMO Shega: At-Risk Models Can Foster Earlier Access, Smoother Transitions to Hospice

Hospice News

JANUARY 17, 2023

While the Medicare benefit covers the vast majority of hospice care in the United States, other reimbursement models are emerging that in time could transform the ways providers do business, collaborate with their partners and deliver care. NYSE: CHEM). Perhaps most prominently, the U.S.

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Hospice Providers Getting Mixed Messages on GIP Utilization, Length of Stay

Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2023

The 2024 final hospice payment rule included a modest payment increase for general inpatient care (GIP) at a time when regulators are zeroing in on increased utilization and longer stays. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) included in the rule a 1.031% increase to hospice GIP services.

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Hospice, Health Care Partnership Unveils Person-Centered Care Program for Rural Patients

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

California-based Legacy Health Endowment recently launched a program to improve care coordinations and seniors’ awareness around their community-based health care options, including hospice. Legacy’s Person-Centered Care program aims to help rural-dwelling seniors to age in place. s service line.

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CareConnectMD Building Hospice Network as Footprint Grows

Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2022

Primary care company CareConnectMD is building a network of hospice providers following a $25 million investment round last month. A direct contracting entity (DCE), CareConnectMD offers primary care, palliative care, and care coordination services.

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CMS Unveils Services Available to Patients in the GUIDE Model, Integrates Palliative Care Principles

Hospice News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has outlined the range of services that will be available to patients aligned with the agency’s Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) payment model. Also participating in the model are primary care operators that also offer palliative care. million people.

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Program Integrity, Health Equity, Workforce Pressures Top of Mind for Hospice Leaders in 2024

Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This year has brought both tumultuous challenges and evolving opportunities for hospices that will steer hospice leadership during 2024. Hospice News spoke with a group of industry leaders about the most impactful forces that will shape the space in the coming year. CEOs and other hospice executives also noted emerging themes.

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CMMI Working on Payment Models That Include Palliative Care

Hospice News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is developing new reimbursement pathways for palliative care. As part of that process, CMMI is applying elements of its Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) demonstration, which ended Dec. MCCM was designed to test the impact of concurrent hospice and curative care.

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Hospices Have Long Road Ahead on Improving Health Equity

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. Garrett is also executive director of the Virginia-based hospice’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Committee. Hospice utilization rates rose by 4.1%

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Why Some Referred Patients Never Make It To Hospice

Hospice News

JULY 8, 2022

Hospice referrals appear to be going up. But many patients who get the referral never receive the care due to low health literacy and social determinant of health factors. When the [hopital] patient is discharged, thosewho have instructions to seek hospice are making up a greater percentage of that pool,” Bakkun told Hospice News.

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Canyon Home Care & Hospice Acquires Uintah Basin

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Utah-based Canyon Home Health & Hospice recently acquired Uintah Home Health and Hospice for an undisclosed amount, growing its footprint in the Beehive State state. Uintah Home Health and Hospice patients began receiving services under the Canyon umbrella earlier this month. Its hospice utilization rate reached 60.5%

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The Strategy Behind CMS’ 2024 Updates to ACO REACH

Hospice News

AUGUST 25, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2024 updates to the Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH) model: care coordination, managing health equity-related risks and social determinants of health. Three principles are guiding the U.S.

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How CMS Proposed ACO Advance Payment Policies Could Impact Palliative Care

Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new avenue of funding for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) with implications for palliative care providers. This proposed policy dovetails with the Advance Investment Payment (AIP) component of CMS’ ACO Primary Care FLEX payment model demonstration. “In

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Why Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living Operators Invest in Home-Based Hospice Programs

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Offering hospice can be a gamechanger for skilled nursing and assisted living operators looking to stand out from competitors and improve patient reach. Home-based care, including hospice, has become an increasingly attractive space for facility-based health care providers of all walks. Among the 1.6

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St. Croix Hospice Leverages Predictive Analytics to Boost Quality

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Croix Hospice recently unveiled data showing how the company leveraged predictive analytics technology to improve quality outcomes. In 2019 the Minnesota-headquartered hospice provider began utilizing a predictive analytics tool from Medalogix. Croix Hospice. Through the predictive analytics data, hospice patients at St.

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Hospice the Next Generation: How the Benefit Could Change

Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2023

The possibility exists that hospice care will change more in the next few years than it has during the previous four decades. The Medicare Hospice Benefit turned 40-years-old in 2022, and in that time the program has remained fundamentally unchanged.

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Compassus Finalizes Partnership to Form OhioHealth at Home

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Compassus on Wednesday completed its partnership with the health system OhioHealth, a move aimed at improving care coordination and access. Through the deal, Compassus acquired ownership interest in three of OhioHealth’s hospice locations and four of its home health locations. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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A Decade of Palliative Telehealth Utilization Shows Quality Improvement

Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

These services have also been associated with reduced caregiver burden and better care coordination, particularly for patients in rural, remote and underserved communities, according to the research. Much of the permanent Medicare changes to telehealth regulations are tied to behavioral and mental health services.

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

Hospice News

JULY 17, 2024

Featuring these three service areas was key in designing a care model aimed at meeting patients’ individualized needs, according to Susan Ponder-Stansel, Alivia Care’s president and CEO. Alivia Care emerged in 2020 when Community Hospice & Palliative Care, now an affiliate, formed a larger company with a broader range of services.

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SCAN Group, CareOregon Put the Brakes on Planned Merger

Hospice News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Medicare Advantage organizations SCAN Group and CareOregon will not complete their plans to merge amid questions from state regulatory agencies. The post SCAN Group, CareOregon Put the Brakes on Planned Merger appeared first on Hospice News.

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How to Diversify Services Within the Medicare Hospice Benefit

Enhancing Care Coordination Can Give Hospices An Edge in Value-Based Models

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Education, Care Coordination Key to Preventing Unnecessary Revocations of the Hospice Benefit

How Palliative Care Providers Can Enhance Care Coordination

Care Coordination Key to Hospices’ Success in Value-Based Care

Aetna’s President of Medicare: MA Plans Go All-In on Aging in Place with New 2024 Benefits, Palliative Care, Hospice VBID

CMS Extends Hospice VBID Through 2030

Why CMS Extended VBID, MA Hospice Carve-In

Compassus, VNS Health Team Up to Manage End-of-Life Care for Medicare Advantage Payers

Hospice of the Chesapeake Launches New Dementia Program Amid ‘Urgent, Significant’ Need

Grief Care’s 2024 Outlook in Hospice

VIA Health Enhances Support for Hospice Patients with Heart Failure

‘Detrimental, Unnecessary Chaos’ Looms as Hospice Telehealth Waivers Expire

Lawmakers Take Bipartisan Approach to Hospice, Palliative Care Policy

4 Benefits of Hospice Contracts in ACO REACH

Transparency Essential to Hospice Compliance in 2024

Payers to Hospices: Don’t Wait to Start Working with MA Plans

New CMMI Primary Care Demo Could Pave Way for Hospice, Palliative Partnerships

New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

Key Trends That Will Shape the Hospice Industry in 2023

LeadingAge to Congress: Reform Hospice Benefit, Fund Palliative Care

Hospices Need a ’Huge Catapult’ to Replenish Workforce

The Connecticut Hospice Launches Dementia Caregiver Services

Why Hospices Are Pursuing Home-Based Primary Care

Why SCAN Health Plan Will Enter Hospice VBID in 2023

VITAS CMO Shega: At-Risk Models Can Foster Earlier Access, Smoother Transitions to Hospice

Hospice Providers Getting Mixed Messages on GIP Utilization, Length of Stay

Hospice, Health Care Partnership Unveils Person-Centered Care Program for Rural Patients

CareConnectMD Building Hospice Network as Footprint Grows

CMS Unveils Services Available to Patients in the GUIDE Model, Integrates Palliative Care Principles

Program Integrity, Health Equity, Workforce Pressures Top of Mind for Hospice Leaders in 2024

CMMI Working on Payment Models That Include Palliative Care

Hospices Have Long Road Ahead on Improving Health Equity

Why Some Referred Patients Never Make It To Hospice

Canyon Home Care & Hospice Acquires Uintah Basin

The Strategy Behind CMS’ 2024 Updates to ACO REACH

How CMS Proposed ACO Advance Payment Policies Could Impact Palliative Care

Why Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living Operators Invest in Home-Based Hospice Programs

St. Croix Hospice Leverages Predictive Analytics to Boost Quality

Hospice the Next Generation: How the Benefit Could Change

Compassus Finalizes Partnership to Form OhioHealth at Home

A Decade of Palliative Telehealth Utilization Shows Quality Improvement

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

SCAN Group, CareOregon Put the Brakes on Planned Merger

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