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Hospice News
JULY 11, 2024
Efforts to establish potential payment mechanisms for high-acuity palliative services within the Medicare Hospice Benefit will require greater clarity from regulators, according to the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC). This could result in deepening conflation of hospice and palliative care, the organization indicated. “We
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Over the years, Hospice of the Valley has grown. When I began 30 years ago, we were caring for about 140 hospice patients on any given day, and we had just shy of 100 employees. Weve expanded our programs beyond hospice care. How has your organization expanded beyond hospice care?
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Hospice News
AUGUST 19, 2024
If enacted, the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act could open up reimbursement pathways for high-acuity palliative services during a time when demand and costs are rising. The drafted Hospice CARE Act included potential avenues to improve payment for high-acuity palliative treatments.
Hospice News
JULY 16, 2024
The hospice community is contributing input to the development of the forthcoming Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act. As such, we welcome Congressman Blumenauer’s proposal to address these challenges via the proposed reforms to the routine home care payment.”
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
More than two-thirds (67%) of liver cancer patients receiving radiotherapy concurrently with supportive/palliative care reported reduced pain intensity levels after one month of treatment in a study published in The Lancet Oncology, a Science Direct journal. This compared to 22% of patients who received supportive care without radiation.
Hospice News
AUGUST 7, 2024
Hospice reimbursement trends influence palliative care payment and delivery. Among the significant changes coming this year is the end of the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) model, as of Dec. Value-based payment models such as VBID incentivize quality measurement and reporting among providers.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Interest has mounted in the palliative care arena, but building and sustaining these services requires stronger reimbursement and workforce resources. But insufficient payment pathways represent a large hurdle for palliative care’s growth potential, Kulik said. “If That makes palliative care’s outlook good.
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