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What New Allegations that HCA Healthcare Pressured Patients Mean for Hospices

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These data trends are especially concerning since HCA has been rapidly expanding in the hospice/home health space in recent years. Clinician accounts Independent of SEIU’s research, NBC News on Wednesday released its own investigation into HCA’s hospice discharge practices.

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Hospices Leaders: ‘Vigilant’ Compliance Pivotal in MAC Auditing Climate

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MAC audits take a variety of different claims data into account, but not enough focus is given to hospicesdischarge rates or to providers offering “virtually no GIP levels of care,” Franchitto added. Clinical documentation should adequately capture declines in a patient condition in clearly understandable language.

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