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The Maryland-based hospice and palliativecare provider has seen a significant increase in demand for dementia care amid a growing population of seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and related conditions across its service region, which spans four counties in the state.
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As more health care reimbursement migrates towards value-based payment models, providers will need to master the art of carecoordination. 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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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released new guidelines intended to better support state-based pediatric reimbursement systems and help improve equitable health access among youth populations. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled a newly planned demonstration for those working with dementia patients and their families. The GUIDE Model can provide patients with the services they need, including psychosocial support, spiritual support, extensive care management, and carecoordination,” Snider said.
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled a new payment model demonstration geared toward dementia-related illnesses, which are becoming more prevalent among hospice patients. Participating operators may also receive payment for respite care. Stakeholders in the provider space applauded the model.
As health care stakeholders work to improve carecoordination, more hospices are exploring home-based primary care. Organizations that are delivering hospice and palliativecare now are looking to the future and wanting to provide more of a full-service solution for seriously ill patients,” Singleton told Hospice News.
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