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Hospice News
DECEMBER 18, 2023
A revolution is needed in hospice care, complete with a new mindset, updated care models and redesigned payment systems, Dr Monisha Pujari, medical director for Longleaf Hospice, told Hospice News. We need to have Medicare interested being the primary driver, and they seem to be somewhat. Now they have the home health model.
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). The use of the term ‘palliative’ for treatments in this RFI was problematic.”
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Hospice News
JUNE 28, 2023
Templeton now is a hospice physician consultant at Weatherbee Resources as well as medical director for Texas-based Hendrick Hospice Care. In both of these aspects of her work, she has become focused on physician engagement in the hospice space and the ways providers can maximine the value of their medical staff and partners.
Hospice News
JANUARY 23, 2025
As we look at diversity, language barriers and being more inclusive, were doing a better job of providing Medicare beneficiaries with more care. Telehealth has been a positive evolution in recent years to help address some of our challenges that definitely helps in rural care.
Hospice News
JUNE 15, 2023
After more than a decade working in hospice leadership, Alli Collins came across something she had never seen before — a financially viable, all-volunteer provider that is not Medicare-certified. I am the new executive director for Hospice and Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley. She never instituted a Medicare provider number.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
The Improving Access to Advance Care Planning Act would expand utilization of these services by removing Medicare payment barriers faced by both providers and patients. The bill proposes to “wave,” or remove, Medicare beneficiary cost-sharing for advance care planning services. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Mark Warner (D-Va.)
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized its home health rule for 2024 containing a new policy that will require anyone who holds 5% ownership or more in a hospice to submit a criminal background check, including fingerprints. On Wednesday, the U.S. They’re also providing clarification around what a ‘managing employee’ is.
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